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Refugee
This weekend I watched Girl Interrupted.
There’s always been a high expectation of what we as women are supposed to be. In the 60's Society thought that we were supposed to be married, pop out children, cook dinner, clean the house, and keep opinions to ourselves. Even though a lot has changed from the 60's, most of those stereo types still linger.
Besides society’s expectations of what is expected in terms of being a women, there are the psychological expectations of what it is to be normal. There is no real definition of "normal" however, if you don't fit within the box standards, you're either considered weird or disagnosed as mentally ill and therefor you need to be hospitalized.
The story is of a young girl named Susanna Kaysen who checks herself in after chasing a handful of Aprins with a bottle of wine. Realistically, who hasn't thought of suicide in their life at one point or another? But does that make us mentally ill? I've been off and on again suicidal for years but does that mean that I need to be committed to a mental institution? As the movie progressed, I realized that it wasn't Susanna Kaysen that was sick; it was the other characters around her and the doctors themselves that had distortions and issues of their own.
Watching the film made me realize how patronizing hospitals can be and that doctors don't know everything. What the fuck is "Boarder-line personality disorder" anyway? The movie didn't really answer that question but it did shine some light that it's apparently not okay to be one of those thinking outside the box. Toby, played by Jared Leto, said it best to Susanna, "you're normal, you don't need to be here."
I understood and sympathized why Susanne didn't want to leave with Toby, she actually felt like she belonged with a group that she could call her friends.
What made the movie was the acting of all the characters from the self indulgent Lisa Rowe, played by Angelina Jolie, to the low self esteem Daisy Randone, played by Brittany Murphy. I was convinced that each actor was that character. I saw myself in each mental patient. We have all been depressed, under appreciated, felt ugly, been shy, have had unhealthy eating habits, been scared of something, wanted to be the attention whore or the aggressor.
I am not surprised that Angelina Jolie won the Academy Award, she stole the show.
I was unsure of renting this movie for Josh and I 'cause I dismissed this movie as a chick flick at first. After the rave reviews from others at Rogers, I picked up the movie. This has been one of the best movies I have seen so far this year and I'm wondering why I hadn't seen this movie before.
There’s always been a high expectation of what we as women are supposed to be. In the 60's Society thought that we were supposed to be married, pop out children, cook dinner, clean the house, and keep opinions to ourselves. Even though a lot has changed from the 60's, most of those stereo types still linger.
Besides society’s expectations of what is expected in terms of being a women, there are the psychological expectations of what it is to be normal. There is no real definition of "normal" however, if you don't fit within the box standards, you're either considered weird or disagnosed as mentally ill and therefor you need to be hospitalized.
The story is of a young girl named Susanna Kaysen who checks herself in after chasing a handful of Aprins with a bottle of wine. Realistically, who hasn't thought of suicide in their life at one point or another? But does that make us mentally ill? I've been off and on again suicidal for years but does that mean that I need to be committed to a mental institution? As the movie progressed, I realized that it wasn't Susanna Kaysen that was sick; it was the other characters around her and the doctors themselves that had distortions and issues of their own.
Watching the film made me realize how patronizing hospitals can be and that doctors don't know everything. What the fuck is "Boarder-line personality disorder" anyway? The movie didn't really answer that question but it did shine some light that it's apparently not okay to be one of those thinking outside the box. Toby, played by Jared Leto, said it best to Susanna, "you're normal, you don't need to be here."
I understood and sympathized why Susanne didn't want to leave with Toby, she actually felt like she belonged with a group that she could call her friends.
What made the movie was the acting of all the characters from the self indulgent Lisa Rowe, played by Angelina Jolie, to the low self esteem Daisy Randone, played by Brittany Murphy. I was convinced that each actor was that character. I saw myself in each mental patient. We have all been depressed, under appreciated, felt ugly, been shy, have had unhealthy eating habits, been scared of something, wanted to be the attention whore or the aggressor.
I am not surprised that Angelina Jolie won the Academy Award, she stole the show.
I was unsure of renting this movie for Josh and I 'cause I dismissed this movie as a chick flick at first. After the rave reviews from others at Rogers, I picked up the movie. This has been one of the best movies I have seen so far this year and I'm wondering why I hadn't seen this movie before.