The accents
What's up with some of the people having thick accents? Like both the doctor and the guy that was arguing with him about the treatment.
shareSee http://illiterationnation.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/what-is-titticut-follies-memoir-project.html
There's a lot there - repeating just the parts most relevant to this question--
"And I already knew that many of the medical staff at Bridgewater were foreigners. You can catch that in the film. (Though you might fail to note the fact that Vore’s [Vladimir's] doctor was a Pole. The importance of that might be lost on you, but it wasn’t lost on Vore and the psychiatrist, I assure you.)
"What I didn’t know, however, is that many of those doctors were NOT YET FULLY LICENSED in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. So put the two together: Licensing tests not taken and passed. And many were emigres, coming out of the mess that was Europe in the 1940s and 50s. ..."
Thanks, the article provided some clear information that I found lacking or not that well presented in the film. I guess the point of the film was more in providing an insight into the disturbingly inhuman treatment of the patients.
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