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The setting doesn't match the story


In the original TV version, the Bates family live in a normal suburban semi like a typical lower middle-class family and this is emphasised by Mrs Bates' feeling of being trapped and various discussions about not being able to afford a carer for Pattie. Yet in this movie version, they seem to live in the Addams Family house! Surely anyone who could afford to live in a rambling gothic mansion like that could afford a carer with little problem.

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Well, I was under the impression in the 1982 version that times were tough for the family. It looked as if Martin's business was slipping.

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