Everyone says that art comes from life. But in fact, sometimes the development of life can be more magical and more unexpected than the novel is more magical than the movie. The plot of "The Act" itself is very scary and suspenseful, but I think the most scary thing is the label "adapted from a true event". Combining the keywords of "motherkilling", "control", "medical abuse", and "defrauding charity", this story is really too magical.
The skit begins with flashbacks, beginning with the body of the mother, DeeDee, being found on the bed. In the eyes of the neighbors, Dee Dee is a typical good mother, dedicated to taking care of her disabled daughter who is suffering from several serious illnesses, sacrificing her time for her daughter's happiness - it can be said that she is a model mother. However, what everyone didn't expect was that it was the precious daughter Gypsy who killed this model mother.
When Gypsy was discovered by the police, it was another moment when the truth was revealed. The disabled and determined girl who was half-paralyzed for several years and could only use a wheelchair, was mentally retarded, suffered from serious illnesses, was allergic to sugar, and even had to use a catheter to eat. The image of being so seriously ill before was just created by her mother, and it was a complete scam. She has been controlled by her mother for more than 20 years and has no way to be her real self, so she instigated her boyfriend, whom she met online, Nick, who is really slightly mentally handicapped, to come to her house and murder her mother.
Then the story began to use various flashbacks to restore the entire mental process of controlling her daughter and killing her mother.
The curse of the family of origin
One of the big impressions after watching this show is that Gypsy and Dee Dee still haven't escaped the curse of their native family.
Dee Dee's mother is also Gypsy's grandmother. She treats her daughter very badly, is very controlling and doesn't respect her daughter. Dee Dee, because she hated her mother and her careless way of educating children, decided that she must be different and be a good mother - which also led to her seeming to suffer from " surrogacy " Munchausen Syndrome".
Surrogate Munchausen Syndrome ( Agent Munchausen Syndrome ), also known as surrogate feint disorder, is usually a disease that is fabricated or created by adults, causing children to receive unnecessary medical treatment, resulting in unnecessary psychological, spiritual and physical harm. People with this condition are often spontaneously medically trained and have a strong desire for attention and compassion.
The mother in this show is obviously a typical control freak. She made up a weak girl who could die at any time and a tragic story behind it: chromosomal insufficiency, cancer, leukemia, mental retardation, sugar allergy, lower limb paralysis, abandoned by her biological father They, she can only raise children as a single mother. However, all of this is false. What she actually needs is people's attention and sympathy, as well as finding the security of being a mother. She hopes to use her efforts to move herself and her children, and perhaps she also has the economic motivation to get donations after winning the sympathy of the public. , but obviously not the most important reason, the most important reason is her psychological needs.
It can also be seen in the play that she really loves her daughter very much, and loving her daughter has become the meaning of her life. She needs her daughter to be under her nose anytime, anywhere. As long as she can't control the situation for a moment, she will be mad and uneasy. And the daughter has grown up and realized that she is not as sick as her mother said, and she also longs for a normal life and love. But the mother never seemed to want to let go. The daughter's needs became stronger and stronger, and she decided to kill her mother and remove her own barriers.
In the play, DeeDee indirectly killed his mother, Gypsy's grandmother, and in the end Gypsy killed her again, which can be said to be the curse of reincarnation of a native family.
some sort of stockholm
In fact, another question that puzzled me is whether Gypsy conspired with his mother? Why can't she find the right channel to allow herself to live a normal life?
I think to a certain extent, Gypsy has been deeply influenced by her mother. Although she is a victim of her mother's perverted desire for control, at the same time, her mother is also her only relative who depends on each other. She depends on her emotionally and in life. They are opposed to each other in their own world, but they are firmly united in the face of society as a whole.
Her mother taught her a lot about lying, fabrication, and even the ruthlessness behind her. It is not difficult to imagine the shock and anger of the neighbors and donors, because Gypsy was planning to kill his mother, and he talked freely when he faced the judge in court, and the mental retardation of the 7-year-old whose IQ only stayed at the age of 7 in their impression. The little girl is simply worlds apart. Although the initiator of all this is her mother, why does Gypsy cooperate with her mother to tell these lies to deceive others?
I think it may also be the force of habit, the mother is the only person in her life (later has a boyfriend), so naturally the mother is the most important authority, she has unknowingly formed a common interest with her perpetrator relationship, she couldn't break free by herself, and no one tried to help her. So in the end, Gypsy could only choose an extreme destructive way to end this relationship, which I feel very sad and sad.
If one or two more people find out the truth, whether it is a doctor, a nurse or a neighbor, it only needs one or two serious people who can prove that the mother is medically abusing her daughter and stop this behavior, then maybe things will not develop to such a point .
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