The Tragedy Of Brittany Murphy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                     During "Girl Interrupted," when Angelina was not blowing everyone else off screen, Brittany Murphy was.

                       I remember seeing Brittany on stage during the 198 revival, at Roundabout, of Arthur Miller's "A View From The Bridge."  She played Catherine, the niece, and I could see she was someone to reckon with.  I thought the same thing when I saw here play another mental patient, Elisabeth Burrows, with Michael Douglas, in the 2001 thriller, "Don't Say A Word."  This was an actress who had a big future ahead of her.

                        The tragedy was, like the character of Daisy Randone, in "Girl, Interrupted," Brittany's life was cut short.  She died, at the age of 32, on December 20, 2009, and it is still not clear, at least to me, if her death was natural or suicide.

                            Daisy is the film's most tragic character. She is needy, dependent, possessive overweight, obsessive when it comes to food and her bodily functions, anally retaining herself for days, seeks on some level to be a child forever, but with a terrible price--since then, she has been sexually abused by her father, (presumably having raised her as a single parent) who gives her everything she wants. And, to a certain degree, as Lisa says when she confronts Daisy, she likes it.

                             The consequences of that confrontation, (which I will try and get on here)

 are chilling and consequential.  After seeing this, I certainly never will be able to hear Skeeter Davis' 1962 song, "End Of The World" in quite the same way. And neither will you.

                 Take a look at Brittany in these scenes. And see what a real talent was lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!