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* StealthPun: The film version of Daisy self harms, in a PeriodPiece that takes place at the time of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, no less.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: The next morning after spending the night at Daisy's house, Susanna couldn't help noticing that Daisy hasn't come out of her room yet and that the same sad song keeps playing over and over on repeat. Specifically, "The End Of The World" by Skeeter Davis.

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* StealthPun: The film version of Daisy self harms, self-harms, in a PeriodPiece that takes place at the time of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, no less.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: The next morning after spending the night at Daisy's house, Susanna couldn't can't help noticing that Daisy hasn't come out of her room yet and that the same sad song keeps playing over and over on repeat. Specifically, "The End Of The World" by Skeeter Davis.



* VillainousBreakdown: After returning to Claymoore and learning of Susanna's progress, Lisa steals her diary, reads it out loud, turns the inmates against Susanna and begins to chase Susanna down the corridors and going on a rant on everything she gave Susanna just before her breaking point.

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* VillainousBreakdown: After returning to Claymoore and learning of Susanna's progress, Lisa steals her diary, reads it out loud, turns the inmates against Susanna and begins to chase Susanna down the corridors and going goes on a rant on everything she gave Susanna just before her breaking point.
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* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: Daisy and her father. Though he sexually abuses her, it's implied through Daisy's part that it's consensual.]]

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* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: Daisy and her father. Though he sexually abuses her, it's implied through Daisy's part that it's consensual. Daisy is an adult and seems to be a willing participant, but her disability and financial dependence on him, as well as the possibility that she was groomed from a young age, make it doubtful whether she is capable of consenting in that situation.]]
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''Girl, Interrupted'' is a 1999 American drama film directed by Creator/JamesMangold, starring Creator/WinonaRyder and an ensemble supporting cast including Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/CleaDuVall, Creator/BrittanyMurphy, Creator/ElisabethMoss, Creator/JaredLeto, Creator/JeffreyTambor, Creator/TravisFine, Creator/AngelaBettis, Creator/JillianArmenante, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, and Creator/VanessaRedgrave. The film is based on based on writer Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same name chronicling her stay in a mental institution in [[TheSixties the late 1960s]].

Shortly after her high school graduation and a subsequent (probable) suicide attempt, the upper-middle-class 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen (Ryder) is admitted against her wishes to the Claymoore Psychiatric Hospital, where she meets and in some cases befriends a group of other young female patients: Georgina ([=DuVall=]), a compulsive liar; the saccharine Polly (Moss), a disturbed burn victim; Janet (Bettis), an anorexic; Cynthia (Armenante), a {{butch lesbian}} -- homosexuality still being regarded as a mental disorder at the time; the hostile Daisy (Murphy), who's dealing with an eating disturbance of her own; and Lisa (Jolie), the rebellious and sociopathic but charismatic ringleader of the bunch, who Susanna takes a special liking to.

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''Girl, Interrupted'' is a 1999 American psychological drama film directed by Creator/JamesMangold, starring Creator/WinonaRyder and an ensemble supporting cast including Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/CleaDuVall, Creator/BrittanyMurphy, Creator/ElisabethMoss, Creator/JaredLeto, Creator/JeffreyTambor, Creator/TravisFine, Creator/AngelaBettis, Creator/JillianArmenante, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, and Creator/VanessaRedgrave. The film is based on based on writer Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same name chronicling her stay in a mental institution in [[TheSixties the late 1960s]].

Shortly after her high school graduation and a subsequent (probable) suicide attempt, the upper-middle-class 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen (Ryder) is admitted against her wishes to the Claymoore Psychiatric Hospital, where Hospital. There, she meets and in some cases befriends a group of other young female patients: Georgina ([=DuVall=]), a compulsive liar; the saccharine Polly (Moss), a saccharine but disturbed burn victim; Janet (Bettis), an anorexic; Cynthia (Armenante), a {{butch lesbian}} -- homosexuality still being regarded as a mental disorder at the time; the hostile Daisy (Murphy), who's hostile and dealing with an eating disturbance of her own; and Lisa (Jolie), the rebellious and sociopathic but charismatic ringleader of the bunch, who Susanna takes a special liking to.



* LackOfEmpathy: Lisa, as befitting a sociopath. The crowning example would probably be when she scoffs "What an idiot." after discovering [[spoiler:Daisy's corpse, and then proceeding to root through said corpse's pockets for money]].

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* LackOfEmpathy: Lisa, as befitting a sociopath. The crowning example would probably be when [[spoiler:how she reacts to seeing Daisy's body (dead from a suicide that she definitely spurred on to begin with). While Susanna sobs in horror, she simply scoffs "What an idiot." after discovering [[spoiler:Daisy's corpse, idiot," and then proceeding to root rummages through said corpse's Daisy's pockets for money]].

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