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Was I the only one watching GA last night...?
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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 14634" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>Argghhh! I missed it last night, too!</p><p></p><p>The way Meredith's mother was portrayed ~ so bitter, so eager to crush and belittle Meredith ~ what an excellent respresentation of the psychological underpinnings of the abusive parent. </p><p></p><p>And for the writer to have demonstrated so clearly that the mother CHOSE not to change, chose to berate and victimize Meredith ~ even knowing she would be lucid for only a short while ~ that was genius.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, those who have lived through it forget, ourselves, how hard it is just to stand up, after we have been targeted by an abusive parent.</p><p></p><p>And we forget that it was a choice the parent made once and would make, again.</p><p></p><p>What excellent writing (and acting) for that dynamic to have been portrayed so well.</p><p></p><p>I think these issues will be explored further too, between Meredith and McDreamy.</p><p></p><p>Those episodes, I will have to tape.</p><p></p><p>Which means I will have to learn how to do that this week sometime.</p><p></p><p>I wonder whether the writer had an abusive childhood?</p><p></p><p>I have never seen what that feels like portrayed so well.</p><p></p><p>And clearly, the mother chose to victimize again.</p><p></p><p>These scenes affected me so deeply when I watched GA on Thursday that I could not come here and do more than joke about George.</p><p></p><p>Did anyone else feel as I did?</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 14634, member: 3353"] Argghhh! I missed it last night, too! The way Meredith's mother was portrayed ~ so bitter, so eager to crush and belittle Meredith ~ what an excellent respresentation of the psychological underpinnings of the abusive parent. And for the writer to have demonstrated so clearly that the mother CHOSE not to change, chose to berate and victimize Meredith ~ even knowing she would be lucid for only a short while ~ that was genius. Sometimes, those who have lived through it forget, ourselves, how hard it is just to stand up, after we have been targeted by an abusive parent. And we forget that it was a choice the parent made once and would make, again. What excellent writing (and acting) for that dynamic to have been portrayed so well. I think these issues will be explored further too, between Meredith and McDreamy. Those episodes, I will have to tape. Which means I will have to learn how to do that this week sometime. I wonder whether the writer had an abusive childhood? I have never seen what that feels like portrayed so well. And clearly, the mother chose to victimize again. These scenes affected me so deeply when I watched GA on Thursday that I could not come here and do more than joke about George. Did anyone else feel as I did? Barbara [/QUOTE]
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