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Girl, Interrupted Page #5
I have a problem coping|with this hospital. I wanna leave.
I can't do that.
I signed myself in.|I should be able to sign myself out.
You signed yourself into our care.|We decide when you leave.
You're not ready for it, Susanna.
Your progress has plateaued.
- Does that disappoint you?|- I'm ambivalent.
In fact,|that's my new favorite word.
Do you know what that means,|ambivalence?
- I don't care.|- If it's your favorite word, I would...
It means "I don't care."|That's what it means.
On the contrary, Susanna...
ambivalence suggests strong feelings|in opposition.
The prefix,|as in "ambidextrous," means "both."
The rest of it,|in Latin, means "vigor."
The word suggests|that you are torn...
between two|opposing courses of action.
Will I stay or will I go?
Am I sane or am I crazy?
Those aren't courses of action.
They can be, dear, for some.
Well, then, it's the wrong word.
No. I think it's perfect.
"What world is this?
What kingdom?
What shores of what worlds?"
It's a very big question|you're faced with, Susanna.
The choice of your life.
How much will you indulge|in your flaws?
What are your flaws?|Are they flaws?
If you embrace them, will you commit|yourself to hospital for life?
Big questions. Big decisions.
Not surprising you profess|carelessness about them.
Is that it?
For now.
This way, Susanna.
John was moved to the men's ward...
from Dr. Wick's office.
We live in a time of doubt.
no longer seem reliable.
- "End the war now! "|- "We are rich but our system"...
Daisy sent us a postcard|all about her new apartment.
She got a pussycat.
Where's Lisa?
You know where she is.
They just put her in another ward.
I think you need to get up.
I'm just going to rest for a while.|Just a little while.
What do you want?|What are you doing?
F***! You st...
Sorry. Too cold?
What the f*** are you doing?|Get me the f*** out of this tub!
Get yourself out.
Where's Lisa?|Where the f*** is Lisa?
What's the matter?|Can't hack it without her?
You banish her for singing to Polly?|We were trying to help her.
We were trying to help her!|This place is a Fascist torture chamber!
See, I worked in state hospitals.|This place is a five-star hotel.
Oh, Lordy, pick a bale of cotton
- "Oh, Lordy, pick a bale"...|- I can take a lot of crazy sh*t...
from a lot of crazy people,|but you...
you are not crazy.
Then what's wrong with me, huh?|What the f***'s going on inside my head?
Tell me, Dr. Val.|What's your diag-nonsense?
You are a lazy,|self-indulgent little girl...
Oh, is that your own|medical opinion, huh?
Is that what you've learned in your|advanced studies at night school...
I mean, Melvin doesn't have a clue,|Wick is a psycho...
and you,|you pretend you're a doctor.
You sign the charts,|and you dole out meds.
But youse ain't no doctor,|Miss Valerie.
Youse ain't nothing|but a black nursemaid.
And you're just throwing it away.
You still wanna go to Florida?
Lisa, we need money, don't we?
- You've been tonguing your meds, right?|- Yeah, but I only have...
They gave me shocks again.
All right, Jamie?|I have to get out of here.
I'm Susanna.
What are we doing?
What is it?
" Dear sir,|please give Daisy Randone assistance...
installing a telephone|at 23 Vicar Street."
I thought|we were going to Florida.
We are. We just need a place to crash|till we get plane tickets.
Come on.
Nice coat.
What?
You don't want me, Tony.
Yes, I do, baby.
No, you don't.|I'm a crazy girl.
You're crazy,|so we can't have one night of bliss?
I am a crazy girl. Seriously.
- You've been in a hospital?|- Yes.
Do you see purple people?
My friend.|He saw purple people.
And so the state came|and took him away.
He didn't like that.
Some time went by, and he told them|he didn't see purple people no more.
He got better.
No.|He still sees them.
- Come on. We gotta split.|- Hey, somebody stop her!
She took my f***ing wallet!
Identify yourself.
It's Susanna and...|It's Susanna.
Daisy?
- You got Valium?|- Yeah.
Oh, wow. Cool pad.
Peace, man. Peace.
Come on. I'm sorry for being a b*tch.|I was a drag. That's for you.
That's Ruby.
My dad bought her for me.
This is the Castro Convertible.
- It pulls out.|- Yeah.
- Where's the bathroom?|- Right there.
- You don't have a tub.|- No, I don't.
- What about upstairs?|- No.
Yeah. Okay.
So, what,|did you two escape or what?
Actually, we're going to Florida.
All you have is mustard|and your chickens.
So, what are you girls|going to do in Florida?
I'm going to be the new Cinderella|at Walt Disney's new theme park.
Susanna's gonna be Snow White.
You can come if you want.
You can be the cocker spaniel|that eats spaghetti.
I wanna make pancakes.
I'm tired. I wanna go to bed.
In the morning. I want to make|pancakes in the morning.
There's a market on the corner.
Pans are under the sink.
Silver's in that drawer.
Do you have any money?
Do you have some sort|of a safety net down there?
People you know|down there in Florida?
Relatives?
Friends? Anything?
Yeah.
This is for your pancakes. Don't|make a lot of noise in the morning.
I like to sleep late.
I'll come down when I'm ready.
Give me the Valium.
We don't need your daddy's money.
Then leave it there.
Just give me the f***ing Valium.
- What's this, huh? What's this?|- Let go.
- Trying out your new silver?|- Get the f*** off me.
- Less appealing for Daddy?|- Lisa.
- Look at your own arm, a**hole.|- I'm sick, Daisy. We know that.
But you're in so-called "recovery"|playing Betty Crocker...
cut up like a goddamn Virginia ham.
Just stop it, okay?
Help me understand, Dais...
'cause I thought|you didn't do Valium.
Tell me how this safety net|is working for you.
Tell me that you don't take that blade|and drag it across your skin...
and pray for the courage|to press down.
Tell me how your daddy|helps you cope with that.
Illuminate me.
I bet, with every inch|of his manhood.
Oh, God.
Please be gone in the morning.
You're just jealous, Lisa...
because I got better...
because I was released...
because I have a chance...
at a life.
They didn't release you|because you're better, Daisy.
They just gave up.
You call this a life, hmm?
Taking Daddy's money, buying|your dollies and your knickknacks...
and eating his f***ing chicken,|fattening up like a prize heifer?
You changed the scenery|but not the f***ing situation...
and the warden makes house calls.
And everybody knows...
everybody knows that he fucks you.
What they don't know|is that you like it.
- Hmm? You like it.|- Shut the f*** up!
Hey, man.|It's cool. It's okay.
It's fine. It's f***ing fine.|A man is a dick...
is a man is a dick|is a chicken...
is a dad, a Valium,|a speculum, whatever.
Hmm? Whatever.
You like being Mrs. Randone.
Probably all you've ever known, huh?
Have fun in Florida.
Has she come down yet?
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