MIKEY is the son of BEN

Darron 2021-12-22 08:01:32

Clues

on 1. the table, sprinkle drunk, Mrs Carver Ben left hand, right hand Mikey composition
2. Water the bed, jim says Mikey wacky presumably like his own, his wife's reaction
3. Mikey by Ben returned the bodies set
4.Ben Hug Wendy, then Mikey.

So beyond the surface of the plot, there is the breakdown of a third family, a group of secret kinship: Ben, Mrs Carver, Mikey.

Then I understood
5. The outcome of Ben why are you crying,
6. Why Mrs Carver when to walk away with the young man, Kevin.K reactions show just a little exaggerated

to Wendy and mikey regarded as brother and sister, has strange genes, like common Exploring comrades.
Wendy and .mikey's younger brother have real sexual development tendencies.

The real story buried by the director is how a middle-aged man lost his mistress and son. And Gao Chao is not necessarily aware of it in the play.

When Mikey's body was received by his nominal father and placed in the house, he and his real father and mother were even in three separate spaces.

This theme also made me finally understand why he regarded Bergman as an idol.

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The Ice Storm quotes

  • Wendy Hood: [On the phone] No, come on. He's like a big infected white head. I would never...

    [hears door being shut]

    Wendy Hood: Shit, it's my parents.

    [turns off light and hides under the bed still on the phone]

    Wendy Hood: He's so gross.

  • Wendy Hood: Dad, stop it!

    Ben Hood: Get to sleep, young lady. I mean it.

    Wendy Hood: [opens bedroom door] Fascist.

    Ben Hood: If I were a fascist, I would have sent you to one of those southern military academies a long time ago. Now, get to bed.