Today in Justin's mentoring session, I went through my script, line by line and explained to Justin my understanding of the script.
Mum: "Don't call me that."
Dawta: "...bitch got summink to say, looks like bitch can't help herself.."
It was suggested that this particular line related to a relationship between another mother and daughter with an abusive background and that's Constance Briscoe, the author of the book 'UGLY'.
UGLY is a true life story of a loveless childhood. Written in a raw form, the author- Constance Briscoe, tells in vivid details of how she was abused emotionally and physically, especially by her mother, Carmen.
What kind of mother is void of love for a child she carried in her womb for nine months? Carmen was always furious about Clare's (Constance was called Clare as a child) flaw of wetting the bed... and often accused her of doing it on purpose. We also read in the book how different efforts were made to help Clare (Constance) overcome it, such as a special alarm set to go off once she starts wetting the bed. But it did not work.
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So the similarity both of the mothers share is the need to be right, their need to feel in control. Constance's mother took her to court and tried to sue her because of the book, when really she should feel taken back by everything in the book and apologise. Dawtas mother tries to mentally control Dawta by saying "Don't call me that" When she should be apologising also, the irony is that she feels that she is owed respect from her daughter and is offended at the fact that her daughter is continuously calling her a bitch throughout there argument. It is almost as if her mum is neutral and shows no emotion or empathy at all to Dawta and doesn't even listen to Dawta, she just wants to win.
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