6/6/2023 0 Comments Mermaids book patty dann![]() ![]() “I know you’re planning a celibate life,” mother taunts child, “But with half my chromosomes that’ll be tough.”Ĭharlotte, torn between pseudo-Catholicism and a raging crush on the hot maintenance guy from the convent up the road. Rachel values freedom and spontaneity, Charlotte craves rules and structure Rachel thrives on change, Charlotte makes every new bedroom look exactly the same Rachel is promiscuous, Charlotte wants to be a nun. ![]() ![]() Obsessed with Catholicism despite one small problem – “Charlotte, we’re Jewish” – she defines herself only in opposition to her mother. Narrated through her droll inner monologue, this is the cringeworthy story of her sexual awakening and quest for selfhood. “Death is dwelling on the past and staying in one place too long.”īut despite Rachel’s overbearing matriarchy, the movie really belongs to Charlotte. “Life is change,” she makes the girls say with her. As opposed to running away from one’s problems, Rachel claims moving is a form of empowerment. By the time they arrive in Eastport, Massachusetts at the film’s commencement, they’ve moved 18 times in 15 years. Unapologetic, independent and sexually liberated – qualities rarely seen in women in films set in this era – Rachel packs up their lives and relocates every time she has a breakup. ![]()
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