One flew over the Cuckoos nest question

[brettdale]

So at the very end of the movie, was the Nurse nice with the other patient because Murphy got his brain taken out or was she nice because she was still in some state of shock because MUrphy strangled her.

[moriah]

1. I've got the book on my Kindle....

.... let me see what Ken Kesey's actual interpretation was.

In the book, the man that came back from a teeth cleaning had concerns about taking his Dilantin because his teeth would fall out. In the book, that patient signed out AMA after McMurphy strangles Ratched.

In the book earlier, however, she very often asked him "Are your teeth any better? Good!".

The book says she lost a lot of her power over the patients but was very much looking forward to McMurphy coming on the ward and being there as a reminder of what could happen if you thwarted her. The Chief smothering him not only freed him from Nurse Ratched, but took her object lesson for the other patients away from her.

I think the movie was trying to show that she was attempting to do her normal behaviors that used to keep everyone in line, but it wasn't working.

Edit to add: Doesn't Louise Fletcher play a great villainess? She was superb in "Flowers in the Attic" as the evil grandmother....

[brettdale]

2. awesome

Thanks for the info on this.

[brettdale]

3. yes

she was amazing.

[Confusious]

4. she was on deep space nine also

played a hypocritical fundie.

God I have never disliked a character soooo much.

I guess she did her job well.

[Nah7anyule]

6. its the election all over again.

Nurse Ratchet is republican. Mcmurphy is Democrat. The chief was socialist and the rest were sheep.

[taterguy]

5. Thanks for the Spoiler