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Old Apr 20, 2007, 05:44 PM
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I feel the need to clarify a few things about my post on the movie "Frances" because I may have been misleading. The character portrayed in the film was an infamous actress named Frances Farmer (not Parker as I stated). Her biography is subject to much controversy as some have refuted her mental health diagnosis (she had a bipolar diagnosis at one point), the amount of mistreatment in the State hospital has been debated, and there is evidence that she may never have had psycho-surgery. To that extent, the film is probably an inaccurate biography of this troubled actress, but nonetheless an important dramatic fictional account of the abuses in mental health treatment at that time. It's a very memorable film. Sorry if I implied that it is a documentary.