Analysis Of What Maisie Knew

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Synopsis What Maisie Knew is a movie about a young girl named Maisie who is caught in the middle oher parents ' difficult divorce. Both parents, whose names are Susanna and Beale, are famous and tend to leave Maisie with her nanny Margo or Susanna’s boyfriend/ex Lincoln. Eventually Maisie’s mother leaves to go on tour and her father leaves to go live in London, leaving Maisie in the full time care of Margo and Lincoln. The relationship between Maisie and her parents is often times difficult because they are both so into themselves and act like they don’t have a child. They will pass Maisie off to other people so they don’t have to care for her even though they are capable and have the means to care for her. The roles …show more content…

Her parents do not provide her with a lot of nurturing because they are so focused on themselves, their failing relationship, and their new relationships. Maisie’s age is not stated, but she is very young, somewhere around four to six. She is at a time in her life where she needs a routine and somebody to provide her with a consistency, but she is not given that from her parents. In the beginning of the movie Maisie’s parents would often fight right in front of her. Each of her parents would also try to tell Maisie lies about the other parent as a way of making her choose between them. Often times, according to the Role Theory “ People play many roles.” (Blatner, 2006), but the roles that Maisie’s parents play are not your typical roles of a parent. They do not treat her like a child, but more like a prop to use whenever it’s most convenient for them. Each of Maisie’s parent’s lack in communication towards Maisie. They do not communicate with her that they are getting a divorce and her father just leaves one day. Her mother also does not tell Maisie that she has a new boyfriend that will be staying with them sometimes and her father does not tell Maisie that her nanny is now his girlfriend. The biggest lack in communication was when Maisie’s father picked her up from school to take her to get coffee. Seemingly without her mother 's knowledge. Her mother then comes and see’s that the father is picking Maisie up and assumes that he is trying to take her away “What were you going to do?! Take her

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