Both Karen and Joe asked Martha to come away with them to get away from the community. But in light of Martha's true feelings, how could that worked? Wouldn't there have continued to be tension in the two or three of them's relationship?
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I guess it was all wishful thinking and not really thinking about the future.
shareIn the end, is Audrey Hepburn's character, Karen, a lesbian? It was kind of vague in the conclusion...
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You know...I think she was...
Okay, so Karen left. And while she was walking way from the house, someone called her attention and asked about Martha-if she was with her or not. She shook her head no. And then...a moment passes while Karen stares at the house.
If you analyze the expression on her face, you might see that perhaps she really did love Martha the way Martha loved her. She turned back, ran to the house...I don't think she sense anything was wrong. I thought maybe she realized how much she could care for another woman, for Martha, so that's why she went back.
But then, we know Martha locked the door and hung herself.
And Karen broke down the door, saw the scene, and fell apart.
She lost a dear friend, and potential lifelong lover.
Very tragic. Makes me cry. But it's a great story.
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It's funny, because i kinda got that impression too. but I think they maybe wanted to make it ambiguous at the end( is karen running back to the house cuz she figured out she's in love with martha, or because she knows her friend so well she guesses martha's killed herself) and the look on her face to while she's walking/running towards the house is hard to figure out, you just can't tell... but I think that's the way they wanted it. I'm pretty sure they wanted people (at the time) to think it's cuz she knew martha had killed herself.
Plus don't you think Karen lets the doctor go just a little bit too easily. Like, if she was straight, she could of gotten over it.. and she gives him a speech on "how it's normal he was wondering, that at first he didn't believe it, but after a while he got to wondering and started to believe it himself"
that whole speech practicaly says how she feels . at least that it the impression i got.
PLus:when the doc asks her if it's true, karen answers no, martha and i have never touched each other.
Plus don't you think Karen lets the doctor go just a little bit too easily. Like, if she was straight, she could of gotten over it.. and she gives him a speech on "how it's normal he was wondering, that at first he didn't believe it, but after a while he got to wondering and started to believe it himself"
You've got to remember that this was filmed 55 years ago. It was still common for women to leave the workforce once they got married, especially if the were planning on having kids right away. They might continue working if they needed the money, but Joe was a successful doctor with many surviving patients.
Also, remember that apparently the story had become quite well known all over the country. And "gay" or "lesbian" had much the same social stigma then that something like "pedophile" has today. Even if proven untrue, the label stuck with people and it carried a lot of baggage with it.
Actually, that thought occurred to me but that would have been too forward for times.
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