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Overall, The Act is a chilling series that leaves audiences with a lot to think about regarding mental illnesses and parental abuse. The Act is also sparking a debate on Gypsy Rose’s prison sentence for compelling Nick Godejohn to take her mother’s life, and if she should be serving time at all. It makes me wonder how crazy these people can be in real life,” said junior Heleen Ritz. The fact that Dee Dee Blanchard lied about Gypsy having diseases for pity and money shows that blood doesn’t always mean family. “In a way, series that are based on true events can teach you a lesson and it can inspire others. It raises awareness that everything isn’t always what it seems.
The Act’s chilling story leaves audiences baffled on how abuse like this can go on for so long without doctors, family members, or neighbors noticing anything wrong. I think The Act is positive for society because it’s an experience for everyone to learn about Munchausen by proxy,” said freshman Rylee Reiser. “I think it’s important to show true crime stories to raise awareness for the victims, but also to show that crimes like these are real. After suffering years of emotional and physical abuse from her mother, Gypsy compelled her boyfriend Nick Godejohn to take Dee Dee’s life. This show is based off of a woman named Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who were from Missouri. The Act takes the audience on a deeper dive into everything Gypsy went through on a day-to-day basis, which eventually led to her mother’s murder. Dee Dee Blanchard convinced the public, and her daughter, that Gypsy suffered from numerous ailments preventing her from living a normal life. This syndrome is when a caregiver makes a dependent person appear physically or mentally ill to gain sympathy and attention. The series tells the story of a young woman’s abuse by her mother who suffered from an illness known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The series stars Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard, and Calum Worthy as Nick Godejohn. Gypsy was wheelchair-bound, told by her mother she had leukemia, suffered seizures, and at one point had to be tube fed until the terrifying pretence eventually crumbled and resulted in the death of Dee Dee.On March 20, 2019, Hulu released the first episode of their original series The Act. This is sometimes done to elicit sympathy and attention. The parent or caregiver of the child either fabricates fake symptoms or deliberately causes symptoms to make it appear as though the child is unwell.
Munchausen Syndrome proxy is as a mental illness and a form of child abuse. Hulu describes the series, which is due for release on streaming service Starzplay (available on Amazon Prime Video) on 14th June - as being about "a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother". Gypsy is played by Fargo's Joey King, and Dee Dee by Patricia Arquette. Gypsy claims Dee suffered from Munchausen Syndrome proxy, which caused her to force her daughter to take medications to induce sickness. The Hulu anthology series follows Gypsy, who was convicted of killing her mother Dee Dee in 2015. The Act is a dark new drama based on the disturbing true story of Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard and their complex mother-daughter relationship that culminated in murder.