Unable to deal with the harsh reality of life as an asylum inmate slated for lobotomy, Babydoll staves off the destruction of her mind by imagining Lennox House transformed into a brothel in which her fellow inmates have become dancers and prostitutes enslaved by cruel gangster/pimp Blue Jones.
Instead of a psychiatrist, Dr. Vera Gorski becomes the dance mistress and madam of the cathouse, in charge of teaching the girls the dance routines to be performed onstage in the Paradise Theater, designed to make them more desirable to the clientele.
The building[]
The brothel is a reimagining of Lennox House with a brighter, more colorful design – but the girls are still not allowed to leave, making them prisoners in a gilded cage. The brothel has many specialty rooms to which the girls can take their clients and earn their money behind closed doors.
Escaping bondage[]
Madam Gorski also has a secret goal: She teaches the girls how to survive working for Blue by using dance to "escape" the horrible reality of the dancehall. Her most successful pupil is Babydoll, who almost completely loses her sense of her surroundings when she dances. Babydoll imagines bringing Sweet Pea, Rocket, Blondie, and Amber with her into other realms of existence. As part of her plan to escape, Babydoll takes the girls to the Cathedral, the Castle and the Train. The events that unfold in these fantasies run parallel to events taking place in the Brothel.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ Zack Snyder, Steve Shibuya (writers) & Zack Snyder (director) (March 25, 2011). Sucker Punch.