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* (Moved from YMMV) IdiotPlot: The entire movie basically relies on the police not trying to question someone who is suspected of assault and murder before/after sedating her and letting one of her alleged victims and primary beneficiary drive her away and institutionalize her, or for ''at least'' five days afterwards, and for an apparently ethical lobotomist and therapist to not even think of verifying the paperwork on a lobotomy that the latter didn't think was necessary before performing the procedure. And this has apparently happened multiple times without anyone getting suspicious. Awesome to watch or not, the entire movie requires almost ''everyone'' in authority to be stupid or as corrupt as Blue.
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* (Moved from YMMV) IdiotPlot: The entire movie basically relies on the police not trying to question someone who is suspected of assault and murder before/after sedating her and letting one of her alleged victims and primary beneficiary drive her away and institutionalize her, or for ''at least'' five days afterwards, and for an apparently ethical lobotomist and therapist to not even think of verifying the paperwork on a lobotomy that the latter didn't think was necessary before performing the procedure. And this has apparently happened multiple times without anyone getting suspicious. Awesome to watch or not, the entire movie requires almost ''everyone'' in authority to be stupid or as corrupt as Blue.
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** A major theme of the movie is Self Sacrifice. Baby Doll is introduced as a loving and protective guardian to her little sister, and sacrifices her own safety to do whatever she can to protect her from their stepfather. Once she's in the asylum, she again goes out on a limb to save Rocket from the cook, after which Rocket says that no one does anything for anyone else in this place. Baby Doll's arc in the film is regaining that protective CoolBigSis persona, which is all building up to her giving up her chance for freedom so that Sweet Pea can have hers. And in facing the lobotomy, she sacrifices herself for all the other girls that are being mistreated by Blue. She overhears Blue early on saying that he can forge Gorski's signature for the lobotomy, and realises in that moment that if she goes through with it, then Blue will definitely be exposed.
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** The third layer is almost entirely symbolic, more there to represent the feeling the dance creates. The dance is Baby Doll's way of fighting back, and it's very cathartic for her. Gorski uses dancing and performance therapy as a way for the girls to process their trauma, and a lot of people who become performers have suffered in the past and find the performance itself a way of processing these emotions or releasing them in healthy ways. Baby Doll is trying to process the following: rage (at what was done to her), fear (could the abuse happen again), sadness (at what she's lost), empathy (for the other victims she's surrounded by) and rebellion (a desire to fight back against this system). Basically it's a bunch of different emotions and sensations colliding inside of her, so a spectacular battle sequence is the most apt representation. So in the asylum and brothel layers, an observer would see what they are literally doing. In the third layer, that is entirely what the girls are feeling, with only minimal relations to what's really happening (Rocket's jet pack is her fight with the cook, killing the baby dragon is stealing the Mayor's lighter).
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* The brothel "layer" is clear in its relation to the physical world. Brothel girl dances, asylum inmate dances, this is entirely clear. But the battle "layer" is... less so. What, if anything, would an observer see the girls doing in physical reality?
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** This is exactly it. Abuse victims or even those who have been bullied often don't speak out about it because they believe one of two things will happen: a) nothing will be done about it and they'll be victim blamed ("you shouldn't have acted out against your stepfather") or b) they'll be treated even worse for saying something.
