She feels useful in her life, perhaps wistful for the past, but keeping her family home running is her number one priority. In the present, his sister Emma works in her home all the time – she’s ‘just’ a mom, a bit worn around the edges. He longs for a past time when things were beautiful, when his sister was the belle of Burnham Street, and most of all, when he was indulged and pampered by women. And just as Beauty’s father didn’t want his daughter going out into the woods to be caught by the beast, Uncle Charlie tries to separate his family from the knowledge he has of that ‘real’ world. In the beginning, Uncle Charlie, The Merry Widow Murderer, sees Young Charlie and her mother as embodying all goodness, and the world outside their home as embodying all evil. Instead of finding out the beast is human, this young woman will find that her favorite uncle is an inhuman serial killer.Īs Emma Newton as Joe Newton as Ann Newton In “ Shadow of a Doubt”, Little Ann’s “Beauty and the Beast” reference sets up the entire film as a cat and mouse game between a young woman and a warped evil beast. The ones that say they don’t want anything always get more in the end. If you ask me, I think she’s putting on, like girls in books. Young Charlie: “Before you came, I didn’t think I had anything, but now I don’t want another thing.”Īnn: “She’s crazy. And I think we ought to do something for her. You know, she’s really a wonderful woman. When she comes back, it’ll be the same thing.
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