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They keep hinting that Muriel would be dead!

posted 9 years ago by vampypiano
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But she doesn't. It's such a cheap tactic to play on our emotions.

[–] louiseculmer 9 years ago

it is. That plot line makes no sense - if Muriel has got something wrong with her, why isn't she having tests, being in hospital etc? it seems very ulikely that she would go for a routine checkup, be told "oh, you're going to die, goodbye" and that's that. it simply isn't the way they do things nowadays.

[–] fanaticita 9 years ago

Now that I just learned about Muriel. . ...maybe she already knows what is the matter and has chosen to just let it play thorough. When it gets near the end she may ask for some morphine or something on the order of assisted suicide. Who knows?

[–] Donald_Frump 9 years ago

it simply isn't the way they do things nowadays

Unless you're not a coward and are happy to accept death when it comes.

[–] louiseculmer 9 years ago

nonsense. there is nothing cowardly about accepting medical treatment. there isn't much nowadays they can't do anything about. the whole Muriel story made no sense, but neither did anything else in this film.

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[–] velcronewsletter 9 years ago

just because the character is given the death nod doesn't mean they have to die on screen

[–] mail-2217 9 years ago

I think it's meant to imply a vaguely Hindu/Indian deal... she goes somewhere for a gentle ritual suicide.

[–] dogmatix-4 9 years ago

Evelyn got the hint: "You will be missed, you must know that".