In the Amazon Book Review email today was this new book. Based on Gypsy Lee Blanchard?
"In Darling Rose Gold, Patty Gold is getting out of prison after serving a five-year stretch for child abuse. Given that it was her own daughter, Rose, she abused, readers may be surprised to read that it is Rose who waits for her outside the prison. Rose, who was persuaded she was in poor health all through her childhood. Rose, whose physical appearance—the result of Patty’s abuse—has resulted in her being bullied for years by her classmates. With Rose’s father out of the picture, the backstory of how Patty landed in prison is narrated by both Rose and her mother, but neither can be trusted to be a reliable narrator. Patty is the architect of what can only be classified as a particularly horrific case of Munchausen by proxy, but still protests it was done out of love. Rose has her own opinions about that. Darkly funny in places, horrifying, with twists you’ll expect—and a couple you won’t—Darling Rose Gold could well be 2020’s The Silent Patient."
Is this where I introduce my personal Hustlers reading of the Ramona character? Through almost all of the film we see her through Destiny's eyes, as interpreted via the journalist character. So Ramona is this intoxicating, overpowering friend who makes Destiny's character smaller and less culpable; the only times we don't see her in essentially superhero/villain mode is the Old Navy chat and the actual meeting between her and the journalist, where she's more of a daffy but pragmatic presence. For me it reflects the way friendships- esp female ones - can be so all encompassing that the other person is 300% larger than life, where you are just reflecting their shine. Thank you for coming to my TED talk
I gotta disagree with the Most Dangerous Animal of All take, and I wish the show was being marketed differently. I almost didn't watch it all because I know how ridiculous the theory and the book are, so why put myself through that? Had I known in advance that the show is essentially a takedown, I'd have watched it a lot sooner and eagerly than I did. I AM curious how people who actually DO buy the guy's story from the beginning may react to the show's hoodwinking, though....Also, I love the last line of the series.
In the Amazon Book Review email today was this new book. Based on Gypsy Lee Blanchard?
"In Darling Rose Gold, Patty Gold is getting out of prison after serving a five-year stretch for child abuse. Given that it was her own daughter, Rose, she abused, readers may be surprised to read that it is Rose who waits for her outside the prison. Rose, who was persuaded she was in poor health all through her childhood. Rose, whose physical appearance—the result of Patty’s abuse—has resulted in her being bullied for years by her classmates. With Rose’s father out of the picture, the backstory of how Patty landed in prison is narrated by both Rose and her mother, but neither can be trusted to be a reliable narrator. Patty is the architect of what can only be classified as a particularly horrific case of Munchausen by proxy, but still protests it was done out of love. Rose has her own opinions about that. Darkly funny in places, horrifying, with twists you’ll expect—and a couple you won’t—Darling Rose Gold could well be 2020’s The Silent Patient."
Is this where I introduce my personal Hustlers reading of the Ramona character? Through almost all of the film we see her through Destiny's eyes, as interpreted via the journalist character. So Ramona is this intoxicating, overpowering friend who makes Destiny's character smaller and less culpable; the only times we don't see her in essentially superhero/villain mode is the Old Navy chat and the actual meeting between her and the journalist, where she's more of a daffy but pragmatic presence. For me it reflects the way friendships- esp female ones - can be so all encompassing that the other person is 300% larger than life, where you are just reflecting their shine. Thank you for coming to my TED talk
I gotta disagree with the Most Dangerous Animal of All take, and I wish the show was being marketed differently. I almost didn't watch it all because I know how ridiculous the theory and the book are, so why put myself through that? Had I known in advance that the show is essentially a takedown, I'd have watched it a lot sooner and eagerly than I did. I AM curious how people who actually DO buy the guy's story from the beginning may react to the show's hoodwinking, though....Also, I love the last line of the series.