“She truly was a kidnapped US citizen, being held hostage by those two non-humans. Talk about post-partum blues - that she didn’t commit suicide speaks to her will to survive!!!!”
Eh, with due respect, I am not willing to elevate her to that level. She had no idea of struggle or survival, imo. She was drugged and oblivious. She could never care about Danny or the babe. Addicts are known to have psychopathic traits.
That she was a “kidnapped US citizen”. In a just world, no doubt!
“””She was drugged and oblivious”””
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At times, particularly during the first half of the film, The Snake Pit comes across as much a film noir mystery as melodrama. Where is she, and how did she get there? Does Dr. Kik really want Virginia to recover, or is he manipulating her into further illness and/or romance? What parts of her experience are real, and what are her own creations? At some points, one wonders whether Virginia is descending further into her own madness or that of the hospital. After all, this was the era when electroshock therapy, ice baths and straitjackets were all considered legitimate, even cutting-edge, treatment. The Snake Pit doesn’t shy away from the horrors of those abuses, which is one of the most socially radical aspects of the film. Virginia is transferred around the hospital like an unwanted potato, not because she’s done anything wrong or is crazier than anyone thought, but because of external hospital dynamics and politics, including the wrath of a jealous nurse who is infatuated with Dr. Kik. When Virginia attempts to apply for ‘parole’, she is subjected to nothing less than a courtroom-like atmosphere masquerading as a staff evaluation.