Nurse Ratched

The Duchess of Mint · Nurse Ratched

Dear Musicals.Net Posters,

What's your opinion of Nurse Ratched (book, stage, or movie)?

Thanks in advance for your replies.
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itsaboutonemoment

What an amazing and challenging role to play! In college, my best friend played her, and I was blown away. She just had this presence about her that demanded respect and made sure that everyone knew she was in charge. There was no getting around her. She was fierce! And what made her performance even more amazing was in the last scene, after the chaos and the fight, and you could tell she didn't have "it" anymore, that fire inside of her that kept her on top and in charge. She was vulnerable, and scared even. Her voice couldn't command a room any longer. One of the best interpretations I've ever seen. An example of truly excellent character work.

Ulla Dance Again!

I watched the film in psych. class in high school. My teacher told me to pay special attention to the woman playing Nurse Ratched, because apparently I'm just as good an actress as she was.

I think she's one of the most chilling characters ever to grace a screen or stage.

Nudelkopf

Omg. I can't for the life of me think where I've heard that before..

MademoiselleMusicals

I've just finished studying One Flew...

I think that her character in the novel is brilliant. However I feel that the film wasn't that good, although to people at the time it was released would have thought it was.

The Nurse in the film... I don't know. She has this eeriness about her yet I dislike the way she is portrayed. I reckon that she should have been bigger for a start, and she didn't seem to do anything.

Another point, one of the main faults of the film was that it was focused all on McMurphy yet Chief is the main narrator in the novel. BIG BIG mistake in my views.

The Duchess of Mint · Nurse Ratched

Dear Musicals.Net Posters,

I have never read the novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," although I started reading it a long time ago. I think that it's interesting that the movie-makers decided to turn McMurphy into the main character, when, in fact,

SPOILER ALERT!

Chief is the "one" who "[flies] over [, and out of,] the cuckoo's nest" to freedom. Of course, that phrase could refer to McMurphy, who "[flies] over [, and into,] the cuckoo's nest," never to escape.

In some ways, I'd like to have seen the movie as though it had been set during 1975; I know that setting the movie during that year would have gone against the book, but I still think that it would have been interesting.

Besides, I can't really believe that Nurse Ratched's hairdo, or the gritty flesh tones of those actors, really represented the 1960s; they were mid-70s, all the way!
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The Duchess of Mint · OOPS!

Dear Musicals.Net Posters,

OOPS! I assumed that Nurse Ratched's hairdo looked 1970s; she was an Army nurse before she was the head nurse at the institution, so her hairdo was really a 1940s, wartime hairdo.

Sorry.
Embarassed

Does anyone else have anything else to add? Mr. Cheswick? Mr. McMurphy?
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The Duchess of Mint	Nurse Ratched Dear Musicals.Net Posters, What's your opinion of Nurse Ratched (book, stage, or movie)? Thanks in advance for your replies.
itsaboutonemoment	What an amazing and challenging role to play! In college, my best friend played her, and I was blown away. She just had this presence about her that demanded respect and made sure that everyone knew she was in charge. There was no getting around her. She was fierce! And what made her performance even more amazing was in the last scene, after the chaos and the fight, and you could tell she didn't have "it" anymore, that fire inside of her that kept her on top and in charge. She was vulnerable, and scared even. Her voice couldn't command a room any longer. One of the best interpretations I've ever seen. An example of truly excellent character work.
Ulla Dance Again!	I watched the film in psych. class in high school. My teacher told me to pay special attention to the woman playing Nurse Ratched, because apparently I'm just as good an actress as she was. I think she's one of the most chilling characters ever to grace a screen or stage.
Nudelkopf	Omg. I can't for the life of me think where I've heard that before..
MademoiselleMusicals	I've just finished studying One Flew... I think that her character in the novel is brilliant. However I feel that the film wasn't that good, although to people at the time it was released would have thought it was. The Nurse in the film... I don't know. She has this eeriness about her yet I dislike the way she is portrayed. I reckon that she should have been bigger for a start, and she didn't seem to do anything. Another point, one of the main faults of the film was that it was focused all on McMurphy yet Chief is the main narrator in the novel. BIG BIG mistake in my views.
The Duchess of Mint	Nurse Ratched Dear Musicals.Net Posters, I have never read the novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," although I started reading it a long time ago. I think that it's interesting that the movie-makers decided to turn McMurphy into the main character, when, in fact, SPOILER ALERT! Chief is the "one" who "[flies] over [, and out of,] the cuckoo's nest" to freedom. Of course, that phrase could refer to McMurphy, who "[flies] over [, and into,] the cuckoo's nest," never to escape. In some ways, I'd like to have seen the movie as though it had been set during 1975; I know that setting the movie during that year would have gone against the book, but I still think that it would have been interesting. Besides, I can't really believe that Nurse Ratched's hairdo, or the gritty flesh tones of those actors, really represented the 1960s; they were mid-70s, all the way!
The Duchess of Mint	OOPS! Dear Musicals.Net Posters, OOPS! I assumed that Nurse Ratched's hairdo looked 1970s; she was an Army nurse before she was the head nurse at the institution, so her hairdo was really a 1940s, wartime hairdo. Sorry. Does anyone else have anything else to add? Mr. Cheswick? Mr. McMurphy?

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