剧情介绍
Marg Du ffield (Lee R emick) is the Maine wife o f Al (Jos eph Somme r) whose da ughter Peg (M arlee Matlin) is deaf. P eg& #39;s husba nd is k illed in a car accident o n the way to visit th e Maine house , and the Duff ield&#3 9;s take in Peg& amp;#39 ;s six year o ld daughte r, Lisa, whi le Peg rec overs. Si nce Lisa is a s peaking ch ild, Ma rg think s of her the way she w anted P eg to be , and s eeks gua rdian custody. Remick&#3 9;s role i s secondary to Matlin&am p;#39;s , though s he is presen ted as a tragic figure, particularly as Al ref uses to help her pl an to g ain Lisa. Peg& amp;#39 ;s deafnes s is sa id to be from a childh ood case of sp inal menin gitis, and the telep lay by L ouisa Burn s-Bisogno, with story by Loui sa and Tom Bisogno, reduces R emick to a textbook mother who is self-hating from guilt a nd there fore cannot love her own da ughter. In a memo rable sce ne, Peg angri ly signs h er exit to Marg , since M arg has refused to learn sign language, tho ugh Peg ha s learne d to speak for her mothe r. The treatment uses the Ten nesee W illiams p lay, The Glass M enagerie, fo r therapy, to help Peg ov ercome her grie f and also Marg `lose her un icorn hor n' and embrace her d aughter . Whilst Pe g choosing to act in this pl ay may seem a n odd ch oice for so meone grie ving, what is more notica ble is that M atlin is far too more glam ourous to be believab le as Laura. The Bisogno& amp;#39;s include M ichael O 'Keefe as Dan, P eg's deceased husb and& #39;s best fri end and director of Acto rs Theatr e for the Deaf, to offer Peg a new romantic interest, and thankf ully she rebukes his protestation s of lo ve. Although his opinio n may be influen ced by his `crush &#39 ;, Dan tells P eg that bei ng differ ent is better t han being normal, since the normal ones are as `common as weeds' . This phil osophy r eads as rat her Nietz schean, on the level of artists not being re stricted t o the co mmon moral code. Direct or Kare n Arthur eit her has those s igning also sp eaking or those signing being tr anslated for th e audienc e, thoug h in one scene the sound of l apping wav es drowns out the dia logue betw een Dan a nd Peg. She also gives Ma tlin some good moments, on e being her scream of hor ror when she hears th e news of the deat h of he r husband , and a nother when she chases Remick down a flight of step s, hitting her .详情
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