The movie is well done, thrilling, surprisingly funny and emotional. If you liked Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, or Signs it is worth seeing in theaters. There is a LOT of derision towards M. Night for whatever reason, but the theater I was in responded much more enthusiastically to the reveal. It was honestly really,…

The movie opened to $40M and was budgeted at $10M so the marketing obviously wasn't that bad.

My impression was that someone with a Jim Crow mindset complained about her working at the school with everyone, and the Deke had to let her go because of pressure. The "sick" seemed like a save-face excuse to me.

Thanks Gender Studies Prof!

That seems to be closer to what I think the writers were going for. Read on another forum that it might mean a clothespin through his penis to slow blood-flow so he could maintain an erection (and have sex). And that it might be a punishment that a particularly cruel parent might employ. Apparently that sort of…

I couldn't figure it out. He can't lack genitalia if he seemingly raped her, and I don't think that a town would talk just because someone is uncircumcised (even in the 50s/60s). I guess I'm struggling to understand what a clothespin is. Is it just like a prosthetic?

Can someone explain the clothespin stuff like I'm 5?

I've gone through 18 episodes in less than a week and the show is easily the best airing on AMC right now IMO.