(*Note: these observations are based on the Jack Nicholson film, not the novel of the same film.). 2. Here's what to know about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest before watching Ratched in order to get the most out of your viewing experience. First published in 1962, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest centers on a group of psychiatric patients locked up under the control of the tyrannical "Big Nurse": Nurse Ratched. The Boys: Where Did [SPOILER] Get Compound V? When Ratched discovers him in bed with one of the women the next morning, she threatens to tell his mother what has transpired — a threat that tragically causes the fragile and nervous Billy to kill himself. She's got a vulnerable sideIn the film, pretty much the only time we see Nurse Ratched show any softness whatsoever is after a character commits suicide, and then after Randle chokes her in anger after that event. Nurse Ratched is one of the most despised fictional villains of all time. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. In the series, the opposite is true: Nurse Ratched lands at a psych hospital with a very clear objective she knows will upend the order there. While Louise Fletcher's acting as Nurse Mildred Ratched in the 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest embodied restraint and a rigid sense of self-righteousness, Sarah Paulson's interpretation in Netflix's television series Ratched soars gleefully into the origins and theatrical nuances of Mildred's wickedness. In the series however, we see Nurse Ratched show empathy, care, and concern — sometimes in surprising ways. Bromden describes her at length, saying: As McMurphy's playfully rebellious attitude begins to pull the ward's residents to his side, Ratched goes to great lengths to subdue her patients and regain power. While Ratched delves into how Nurse Ratched — Mildred, as we learn at the outset of these eight episodes — becomes the villain that she is, the bulk of Season 1 plops us right into the action as she begins a campaign of torment and terror for reasons that soon become clear. We learn pretty quickly that Mildred is sexually attracted to women but is conflicted by it, and, in keeping with the thinking of the time, deems homosexuality both a sin and mental illness. However, this sense of joy in control and in power doesn't quite come across in the original film adaptation. So how is the series like and not like the film? Fletcher used her glances (more than anything) to illustrate her displeasure at patients as the actual script often had her ignore patients' requests and be put in a position where she cannot react verbally, limiting what sense of tone or physicality she could use. The Boys Vs. Utopia: Which Amazon Show Is More Violent? The most awful thing she does, after revoking privileges and issuing threats, is have Randle lobotomized. At the very least, who Ratched is, and why, is a far more interesting adventure to explore than what she stoically becomes later in life. If they acted 'correctly' then they'd receive a "very good" from the nurse and she would cease to ignore them. Eventually, Forman cast Louise Fletcher to play the role, but even she confirmed that it wasn't the easiest of tasks to act within an atmosphere of robotic-like, calculated coldness. In the 1975's version of Nurse Mildred Ratched, it is her lack of attention, castrating glances and patronizing tone that terrifies and runs the Oregon State Hospital ward. In all fairness, she's just trying to do her (unenviable job) when we meet her: dispense medicine, keep order, and prevent the band of patients she oversees from harming themselves or each other. Though Paulson's interpretation does feel more theatrical than her predecessor, it renders her in a light that seems actually more controlled and colorful than the cynical portrayal of her older self. RELATED: American Horror Story Star Sarah Paulson Returning for Spinoff - As a Director. Cass started writing for Comic Book Resources' news team in 2016, but took a brief hiatus to board Serenity for locations unknown. She's one of the most loathed fictional villains ever created, and now her origin story will be told for the first time. Directed by Milos Forman. Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. At times, while no less haunting, it feels natural to wonder if this distant display of evil is actually interesting or just peculiar and sad. They were so free, and I had to be so controlled." First published in 1962, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest centers on a group of psychiatric patients locked up under the control of the tyrannical "Big Nurse": Nurse Ratched. Her portrayal explored if Ratched's attention was as selective as her inattention, if she exercised particular moments of "mercy" as much as she showed moments of shrewdness and if her reach was as boundless as it seemed. Unlike the film, that shows Nurse Ratched manipulating a patient to inevitably kill themselves, Ratched shows Mildred finding a kindred spirit in a patient who has lost their brother and instructs them on the necessity and easiest way to kill themselves. Here are some (mildly spoilery) ways. Find out for yourself by watching Ratched. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. As of 2020, she's returned from her secret ventures to re-board the CBR-ship as a Nightly News Editor. While the audience can decide for themselves how merciful these acts are in Ratched, it is still unquestionable that they witness Nurse Ratched act, make decisions, lead others purposefully (not indirectly) to her desired result and are front-row in the theatre of her agency. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Perhaps the starkest difference between the versions of Ratched is that in the serialized one we experience her pain (albeit gleefully glory as most Ryan Murphy productions are), her desire (repressed but no less potent as she shucks oysters and asks a stranger to roleplay a divorced couple as foreplay), her curiosity -- she almost leaps out of her seat when she sees the first lobotomy performed but settles for clapping enthusiastically -- and in that alone is a vast improvement for the character, as the character gets to play on-screen and have as much uncertainty about what comes next as the watcher.

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