Isn't that fright inducing, girls???????????? The thing that cracks me up about Nurse Ratched, the role owned by Louise Fletcher, is her profession, and that her first name is Mildred. Just like my mother, but the comparison ends there. My mother was not a bit like this, and if there are such creatures still out there..well, they should be booted from their jobs.
Which is why we all love when Jack Nicholson attacks her in the movie. Just like Bruce Davison turning the rats on Ernest Borgnine in "Willard." They provide cathartic fantasies for things we dare not act out on.
But times have changed. There are no Nurse Ratcheds out there anymore....or are there? Do you know any? Do you or have you ever worked with one? And the profession does not have to be a nurse, you know!
Tell me about it, girls! In the comments section. And how did you deal with it?????????
Mother was a registered private duty nurse in Buffalo N.Y. She preferred night duty as she was still raising 3 rambunctious boys. In the late 70's she was the night nurse for the author Taylor Caldwell who lived in Buffalo at the time. She has sort of fallen out of favor, but at one time she sold, and was read by millions. Mother said she was quite the drinker, and when in her cups would curse like a sailor.....
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing. As a teen, I read so many of Caldwell's books--This Side Of Innocence, Wicked Angel, Dear And Glorious Physician, Great Lion Of God, Captains And The Kings. I now look for her in used book stores. I would like to revisit some of these now that I am older.
Had no idea she was a drinker.