Patricia Douglas was certainly a fighter and a survivor but not without loss. It troubles me dearly to know how much she suffered - isolated herself so as to not risk being hurt by others. I was happy to learn that she developed some trust and affection for the journalist who took on the task of bringing to light this buried crime. She grew to like him in spite of the difficult work he asked of her- to go to those dark memories and make them public once again.
Patsy was a dancer, akin to Jennifer Lopaz, she said. Wow, I wish I could have seen footage of her dancing, a gift of hers that was stolen by the hands of a rapist... and the whole male centric enterprise called Film Production. True today as it was then.
All those men pouring out of the chartered train was such a sight of inequality. I wonder if women were on the sales force what would have that party been like? A line of men dressed up in briefs? Probably not because a whole chorus of male studio dancers, show guys dressed in feathers, did not exist. No doubt.
And lest we forget the executives all men, of course , At every turn of her Hollywood employment Patsy
was set up. I feel sorry for her daughter, that Patsy was so closed off, At least her daughter has a family which she seems to enjoy. It does not seem that Patsy was free to openly enjoy her own. Despite the pain her daughter suffered in feeling rejected. I hope she continues to feel proud of her. This documentary showed a women who tried when so many could not.
