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Originally Posted by Ammi
…we did watch it in the movie club, maybe I recommended it…?…I can’t recall…but it’s strange the aspects/perspectives that we can focus on with these things…mine was more on the world that she created/they all created in the minds because of abuse and violence and exploitations etc….and that’s why I was so impacted emotionally as well because those dream sequences were the furthest thing from reality and the reality was so sad and awful…but yeah, I totally get what you feel about it also…
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I'm pretty sure that was always my take Ammi - looking at it in a "matrixy" way, Babydoll is a representation of the character's self-image in her own "Mind Matrix" an exaggerated and hyper-sexualised exploitative representation of the male gaze. I think absolutely key to the message is remembering (on a second watch) that Sweet Pea and Babydoll can be thought of as the same person, or for another interesting perspective, that Babydoll (like the rest of the female cast) doesn't exist at all and the whole story is actually from the perspective of Sweet Pea.