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The Act 说了这两种行为：母亲 Dee Dee 让女儿 Gypsy 成为病人，并担任她唯一的照料人；男青年 Nick 为了拯救“城堡里的公主”，杀掉了囚禁她的母亲 Dee Dee。这两种行为一边带着爱抚和帮助，关注和救援，另一边带着抹杀 - 对自己的抹杀，对受让者的抹杀，对不能共存的第三方的抹杀。

这种行为既然如此痛苦，如此有伤害性，付出者还要继续做，受让者还要继续接受？母亲 Dee Dee 一直拿自己坐监、丧母、离婚等经历告诉女儿，世间凶险，只有妈妈会保护你 - “世界上没有另一个人会比我做的更多了。”母亲用绳索把女儿和自己牢牢捆绑在一起，不仅因为她真的为了女儿担心外部世界，也是因为女儿是她逃脱外部世界的避难所 - 女儿的降临让她得到了渴求不得的东西：来自女儿的需要，和社会的同情和对她的认可。而这一切都将消失 - 如果女儿的情况好转，她会变得健康，加入社会，并最终拥有自己的生活；社会也不再会关注一个不再遭受折磨的家庭。到了那时，母亲还要回归到哪儿呢？她已经认定社会是一个凶险的地方，而女儿是她最后的家人。于是走投无路的母亲绑架了女儿，让她永远做一个无法行走、没有秀发的病怏怏的小孩；只要她不能独立生活，她就永远是母亲 Dee Dee 的天真无邪、永葆纯贞的可爱女儿。

The Act 里面的行为是绝望的、绑架式的爱，是走投无路之人的威逼，内容是人质、捆绑、限制自由，摧毁对方自主生活的能力，以及用暴力和强加的痛苦让对方放弃掉逃离的企图。美轮美奂的粉红色房子，被推崇的、被赞美的、被嘉赏的的母女之爱，太沉重、太正义，不可怀疑、也找不到理由回绝。女儿 Gypsy 在白天半推半就配合演出，给母亲看，给邻居和慈善团体看，夜晚，是鲜艳的假发、鲜红的唇膏，王子公主的结合美梦，年轻、自由、为所欲为。当她向黑暗中的真爱吐露自己的真相，在白天的母亲面前，粉红色房屋里面，却找不到一个词句去坦诚想要成为的那个成年女人，去拒绝正义的“人质母爱”。她说不出口，走不出家门，被言语的贫乏堵住嘴，被威逼的情感、哭泣的母亲、同情的群众和出让自主权的合同阻挡住了脚步。当和男友策划的欺骗也落空以后，只剩下一个东西能够作出回应：暴力——从超市偷来的刀具。她没有勇气面对谎言、对峙绑架，只有躲到厕所里面，让自闭症男友在沉默中用刀刺向沉睡的母亲作为唯一能够不出声又能够解决困境的拒绝手段。她一边捂住耳朵一边骗自己也许他做不下去，而他刺了四下，最后一次刺穿了肺；她的母亲终究不出声了，不能再用哭泣或者叫声来操纵女儿的心理了。

从粉红色的囚笼出去，Gypsy 陷入了和智力缺失的男友和功能失调家庭的困境之中。在否认现实的迷惘之中还没醒来，他们就被扣上镣铐，然后被分开送到法庭接受审判。这是事实的监狱，没有爱，只有冰冷的铁窗，对 Gypsy 来说，她承认了罪，说出了事实，向所有人宣布了惊天的虐待案；她的头脑获得了解脱，身躯陷入囚禁之中，反省自己的过去二十年。

看完前两集产生很多疑问，下面的采访问答解释了很多问题。

http://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/the-true-story-behind-the-act-and-the-reallife-gypsy-rose-and-dee-dee-blanchard.php

下面两个视频包含了对gypsy的采访片段。

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=S43Z0VXY4uQ

//abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/gypsy-rose-blanchard-speaks-prison-murder-conviction-52149021

Want to know what’s fact, and what’s fiction? I’ve broken it down for you, below. Fair warning, if you’re not familiar with the story, there are some spoilers.

How much did Gypsy Rose know that Dee Dee was lying about her health?

According to Gypsy Rose, she knew she could walk and eat real food, but that was it. Per the fascinating Buzzfeed article that inspired The Act (the author, Michelle Dean, is the co-creator of the show):

She could walk just fine, there was nothing wrong with her muscles, and she had no medication or oxygen tank with her either.

As Gypsy put it:

“The only thing I knew was that I could walk, and that I could eat. As for everything else…”

Wait, so there was nothing medically wrong with Gypsy Rose?

Friends, the only medical problems she had were a direct result of her mother’s actions and all the medications she had to take.

Per the same Buzzfeed article:

She’s off all her medications, and there have been no health problems in the year she’s been out of her mother’s control. “Most of my clients lose weight in prison,” Stanfield pointed out, because the food is so bad. Gypsy gained 14 pounds in the 12 months she spent in Greene County Jail before her plea.

What about Gypsy Rose’s teeth?

The second episode of The Act devotes a significant amount of time to Gypsy Rose’s teeth. The cause of which, according to Buzzfeed, was inconclusive, but not related to anything medically wrong with Gypsy Rose:

Gypsy’s teeth rotted out and had to be extracted, though whether that was because of poor dental hygiene or a mixture of medications and severe malnutrition, it’s hard to say.

Why did Gypsy Rose go along with having her head shaved?

Per Gypsy Rose:

Well, she’d shave my hair off. And she’d say, ‘It’s gonna fall out anyway, so let’s keep it nice and neat!’” Gypsy said her mother told her she had cancer, too, and would tell her that her medication was cancer medication. She just accepted it.

Was Child protective services ever called in on Gypsy Rose, like in The Act?

In The Act, CPS comes by in the second episode after an anonymous complaint of abuse —in real life, there’s no indication that anyone ever called that in on Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose. The tragedy of this story is that every single adult in Gypsy Rose’s life failed her. No one ever paid enough attention to her, or the situation, to think that something was wrong, let alone have enough initiative to try to help Gypsy Rose.

Wait, so the Doctor who suspects Dee Dee is faking it with Gypsy is fictional?

Yes. As far as any evidence out there shows (and this case has been well analyzed) no doctor ever tried to have Gypsy Rose drink a soda to prove she didn’t have a sugar allergy. As covered above, Gypsy Rose knew she could eat real food. The medical community completely and utterly failed Gypsy Rose.

How old was Gypsy Rose?

At the time of Dee Dee’s murder in 2015, Gypsy Rose was alleged to have been a teenager to the outside world but was actually about 23 (she was born in July 1991.)

Was there really a stuffed medicine cabinet full of drugs?

Yes.

What’s the deal with the painted princess portrait of Gypsy Rose in The Act? Is that based on real life?

Yup—you can see it in this screen grab from the HBO doc Mommy Dead and Dearest:

Were the Facebook posts made after Dee Dee’s death real?

Absolutely. There were two of them:

Later, the same account posted:

I fucken SLASHED THAT FAT PIG AND RAPED HER SWEET INNOCENT DAUGHTER…HER SCREAM WAS SOOOO FUCKEN LOUD LOL.”

Did Gypsy Rose have a secret Facebook account?

Yes, that’s true, too. It was a major reason why Gypsy Rose was caught for playing a role in her mother’s murder.

Where was Gypsy Rose’s Dad in all of this?

Rod Blanchard, like the rest of the world, took Dee Dee’s protestation about Gypsy Rose’s health at face value, truly believing her to be as sick as he was told. He married Dee Dee when she became pregnant—she was 24, and he had just turned 18 (17 when she became pregnant.) They ultimately divorced, but he was actively involved in Gypsy Rose’s life up until 2004—and in 2005, Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose moved away from him, and their home state of Louisiana, for good.

Just like in The Act, Rod faithfully paid child support to Dee Dee for Gypsy Rose well after she was 18. Per Buzzfeed:

Rod continued to send, as he always had, $1,200 a month in child support to a New Orleans bank account. He also sent the occasional gifts Dee Dee asked for, television sets, and a Nintendo Wii. He continued to send these things even after Gypsy turned 18, because Dee Dee said Gypsy still required full-time care. “There was never a question whether or not I was going to stop paying,” he said.

How did Dee Dee get away with this?

In The Act, the first two episodes paint the multiple doctors Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose encountered as skeptical, refusing to take her at face value when discussing the fragile health of Gypsy Rose, when in actuality, it appeared that Dee Dee faced very little pushback from the medical community.

Per Buzzfeed:

Gypsy’s medical records are sobering. All the way back in 2001, doctors at Tulane University Hospital tested Gypsy for muscular dystrophy. Her tests came back negative. In fact, all scans of her brain and spine were relatively clear. The records of all those tests survived Katrina. Nonetheless, Dee Dee continued to insist to doctor after doctor in Louisiana and Missouri that Gypsy had muscular dystrophy. Most doctors appear from these records to have taken her assertion at face value and didn’t probe

In the HBO doc, Mommy Dead and Dearest, it was hypothesized that Dee Dee was able to escape detection from the medical community by having all copies of doctors notes sent to her—giving her the heads up if any doctors detected something was amiss. The documentary was only able to find one instance where a doctor was willing to put in their notes that Dee Dee was potentially at fault for Gypsy Rose’s ailments, stating that she was most likely the victim of Munchausen by proxy. (Note: it is now widely accepted by everyone that Gypsy Rose was a severe victim of Munchausen by proxy.)

Additionally, in this Hello Giggles article, Gypsy Rose’s step-mom shared that Dee Dee worked in a hospital for a time (where she stole medication), which probably helped her learn about standard operating procedures.

Where is Gypsy Rose now?

Gypsy Rose is serving a 10-year sentence for the second degree murder of her mother. She is eligible for parole in 2024.

Did Gypsy Rose act alone?

No, she had her secret online boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn perform the actual murder, but The Acthas not yet introduced his character.

Wait, so no one ever tried to help Gypsy Rose?

No. Every adult in Gypsy Rose’s life failed her.

知道仁人家园这个公益组织很久了，没想到在这部《美剧》里，他们盖的房子却是一个母亲伤害女儿、又最终被女儿杀害的案发现场。

仁人家园提供的房子（现实）

第一次知道代理型孟乔森综合症——

什么是孟乔森综合症（munchausensyndrome）

简单的说就是没病装病。有这个综合症的人，喜欢假装生病或者幻想自己病了，然后不停地求医问药，也特别喜欢直播自己与病魔抗争的每一步，来获得家人和其他人的关注和同情。

代理型孟乔森综合症（MBPS）的表现正好相反，照顾者（一般是父母）自己不装病，而是用极端手段让被照顾者（一般是孩子）有伤病，然后通过照顾、治疗这个原本没有病的人，获得“自己很重要、被人需要”的扭曲满足感。

想一想一个人如果可以正常存活，要避开多少小概率事件——没有嫉妒的大学室友、没有因爱成恨的前恋人……如今，还要加上一个，不会遇到代理型孟乔森综合症的家长。

而且这个数据也很惊人！！！！！！

根据美国的司法统计，自2000年以来，每年大约有600-1000名受审者被确诊为代理型孟乔森综合症的患者，其中绝大多数都是针对未成年子女的虐待案。在这些虐待案中，98%的加害者都是孩子的亲生母亲，2%左右为继母。同时，根据这些案犯的过往记录，有25%左右患有代理型孟乔森综合症的儿童虐待犯，都曾经是自身型孟乔森综合症患者。

就Gypsy Rose的遭遇，让我心生感慨——如果公益组织无脑，是不是也很可怕？？？

感觉母亲Dee Dee Blancharde代理型孟乔森综合症越来越严重的助推力就是来自公益组织的善款和荣誉给她带来的不劳而获以及被关注的满足感——

现实的房子，参与的义工和母女合影。

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现实生活中的母女

设想一下，如果有公益力量是帮助这些患有代理型孟乔森综合症的家长们，该有多少无辜的孩子们获得健康正常的成长呀！

以“爱”为名义的精神控制——这是我从这部剧里看到的主题。

矛盾的双方：精神控制者施加者Dee Dee，受害者Gypsy。前两集基本是施加者洗脑效果甚佳，双方关系平稳融洽的常态。三四集受害一方开始萌生觉醒意识。五六集是反抗的高潮。最后两集通过回忆进一步描述这种关系的特征。

比较迷惑人的是后两集，因为Gypsy对Dee Dee的态度显得飘忽不定，让人怀疑她到底是后悔还是惺惺作态。我觉得Gypsy自己也不知道，就像所有被这种“爱”洗过脑的人一样都很难再梳理清楚自己对加害方的矛盾感情。

我最喜欢的是三四集：Gypsy首次在医生帮助下看到被解救的曙光，但当面对医生单独问话时，第一反应是解释Dee Dee这么做是爱自己，帮Dee Dee把这种控制行为合理化（后来全片也一直都在这么做），同时对医生的解救行为充满恐惧。这一幕把这种关系的特征把握得很好。被精神控制的一方刚萌生觉醒意识、认识到这种控制可能并不是“爱”的时候，常常会陷入这种自责，觉得的反抗念头是不自爱的自取灭亡，自己对不起精神控制施加者，辜负了对方的“爱”，在长期洗脑下已经习惯了自我管控。

这种关系不仅常见于父母子女，也见于各种形式的组织，甚至是something bigger。只不过当受害者在一个互相监督，互相强化这种“爱”的理念的群体里，反抗的过程就会更艰难。

这部剧看完其实想要讨论的东西有很多。之前一直被封面劝退，没想到一点进去就是一口气看完。这部剧和《利器》剧情比较像，但设定其实有一定的差别，两种都让人细思极恐，汗毛直立。

无论是Gypsy本人还是Gypsy的扮演者，都并不像封面那样吓人，甚至可以称得上是美人。Gypsy扮成Cinderella去参加漫展的样子是我整部剧印象最深刻的场景，因为实在太过美好。不管是她青涩拙劣的搭讪，还是被金刚狼从轮椅上抱起露出灿烂的笑容，甚至DeeDee也遇到了一个礼貌体贴的男人，一切看起来都似乎仍有回转的余地。

随后的剧情却是急转直下，Gypsy就像一只困在瓶子里的蚂蚁，她明明也尝试了很多方式去逃脱，却与出口背道而驰，反而又陷进了另一个泥潭——“真命天子”。

当DeeDee砸烂她私藏的电脑时，Gypsy said:" I'll just buy another one." 随即似乎是在她的幻想中，家门缓缓为她打开，门外是明亮的社区，她赤着脚朝光亮走去，却亲手关上了那扇逃出去的门。

看到这里其实我也接受了现实，Gypsy其实很清楚知道自己的身体没有什么异样，她也知道怎么从妈妈那里偷钱买手机买电脑，只是她被妈妈扭曲的爱紧紧束缚，并天真的把一切都压在对白马王子的渴望。即使她被迫使用食管、不许吃甜食、坐轮椅、戴呼吸器睡觉，她也从未对触手可及的善良的邻居、医生求助，最后却因为顿悟DeeDee永远无法接受她的白马王子而下定了杀心。

我很喜欢Gypsy的扮演者，在最后两集，她真的把“长期被母亲医虐的无辜”和“人性天真的邪恶”这两种掺杂的感觉演的很妙，让我内心非常复杂，觉得她蠢又觉得她可怜。

当然这种病态的母亲往往也是自己母亲的受害者。如果没有被外界发现和干涉，也许就会这样一代代互相折磨下去。而真实事件中并没有察觉疑点的女医生，也没有儿童保护中心的调查人员，那样一本厚厚的病历和每月去6.7次的急诊室，我真的很震惊为什么在DeeDee没有与世隔绝的情况下，却没有一个医生可以拯救Gypsy。也许只是因为没有人会怀疑那样“真挚”的母爱，而Gypsy在被审讯的时候也只是不断重复说着她有多爱她的母亲，仿佛只要以爱之名就不应该受到怪罪。

【 不是剧评 】

好几个月前无意瞥见美剧「 The Act 罪行 」的宣传照 -

好恐怖。

当时被海报就吓个半死，顺势搜了搜情节，瞠目，不敢看。

剧集题材有关女孩 Gypsy Rose Blancharde 弑母案， 依照真实罪案改编，而编剧之一，就是三年前在 Buzzfeed 发布罪案报道的写作者。 作者 Michelle Dean 花了很长时间准备报道，读来一气呵成。 原文链接 ： //www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michelledean/dee-dee-wanted-her-daughter-to-be-sick-gypsy-wanted-her-mom

健康女孩 Gypsy 自幼被母亲 Dee Dee Blancharde 用药物和谎言控制人身自由与安全，以病弱瘦小、发育迟缓、生命随时有危险的状况示人。

几乎所有人都视其为爱心妈妈历尽艰辛抚养病重女儿的典范。而 Gypsy 终于不堪忍受，同网恋男友共谋杀死母亲。

世间罪恶种种，亲骨肉相残害，令人难过。

这位母亲 Dee Dee，很可能患有 Munchausen syndrome by proxy 孟乔森代理综合症，或称孟乔森代理诈病症候群。

此病症状，是即使依赖自己照顾的人明明没病，却用罪恶手段致其生病甚而致死，以吸引注意和关爱。某些著名医院杀人魔，就是此类综合症患者。

最近忽然又想起这剧集，翻了翻演员表，发现一众女演员， 从 少年时代 的 Patricia Arquette， 男孩别哭 的 Chloë Sevigny（她当年在 男孩别哭 里的一段翻白眼高潮戏，印象太特么深了...)， 到 沉默的羔羊 的 Brooke Smith （她在电影里演的是被 水牛比尔 绑架豢养准备扒皮最后获救 的参议员高干子女）...... 阵容很吸引人。

于是壮着胆子看了一遍。

因为有心理准备，片子看起来倒是没那么惊悚了。

母女两位主演，表现出色。 观众看到了不惜一切代价制造假象控制女儿的母亲，和长期依赖母亲已经不愿意再挣脱囚禁的女儿。 （ 最令观众感到失望的， 就是 Gypsy 发现真相后本可以争取独立离开 Dee Dee，却没有这么做的时候吧 ）

演员以及剧集整体效果，应该都是以最大化地贴近与还原事件为目的，没有试图过多进行解释肇因，而铺陈两人的生活变迁细节，让观众自行论断。

个人印象很深的两个片段， 一是 Dee Dee 被杀时，镜头闪回 Gypsy 出生的情景对比； 二是弑母之后，离家之前，Gypsy 竟然与男友再度性事。

回到开头，剧集的宣传照，效果骇人，但总觉得眼熟，似乎哪里见过类似构图。

想啊想，终于想起来，在 佛罗伦萨 乌菲齐美术馆 看到过的一幅神秘惊悚寓言画 -

Allegorical Scene by Emilian School 1550

记得第一眼看到这幅画作时，我就吓呆了。 心问，这妈疯了吗，要掐死自己孩子咋地。

特么看了成千上万展品，哪一件也没有如此诡异多端恐怖残忍。

关于这幅画的资料很少， Uffizi Gallery 的简介称主题与作者都是个谜， 在 1589 年库存说明里言其主题为「 a woman stangling a putto 」， 即，一个绞杀小天使或丘比特的女人。

所以画中成年女人并不一定是孩子的妈妈，而我却第一感觉两人为母子关系， 眼前就是一个把孩子的生命牢牢掌握于两手之间，将杀而未杀，充满控制欲的残忍母亲。

不知道剧集海报设计有否借鉴这幅画作。

无论有否，作品主题都呈现出了一种成年女性的扭曲心理。

真正忍心杀子的母亲也许不多，但想要完全地永远地将孩子置于羽翼之下掌控之中的妈妈，数不胜数。

2020.02.21 补充，还有一幅作品，构图很容易让人联想到前述画作和海报：

Girl with a Kitten Lucian Freud Oil paint on canvas 410 × 307 × 18 mm 1947