Probably the most quietly chilling a part of “Pearl” is when Mitzy tells Pearl to go forward of her for the audition. Within the second, it looks like Mitzy is genuinely too nervous, or she’s making an attempt to be good. But when Mitzy had auditioned first, if she hadn’t requested Pearl to modify spots together with her, Pearl would’ve seen her strolling out rejected. When Mitzy later says she did not get the half, Pearl would know she is not mendacity. However as a result of Pearl goes first and the casting administrators point out wanting a blonde lady, Pearl convinces herself Mitzy bought the half, even after Mitzy denies it. As she tries to depart Pearl’s home, you’ll be able to see the gears working in Pearl’s head: if she’s mendacity about getting the half, she’s in all probability mendacity when she says she’ll preserve quiet about all of Pearl’s murders.
When rewatching “Carrie,” we won’t assist however all the time hope issues will end up in a different way, that possibly this time Chris Hargensen (Nancy Allen) will again out of the prank on the final second. Watching “Pearl” — particularly with the foreknowledge “X” provides us — creates the identical futile feeling: though we all know they will not, we hope the casting administrators will settle for Pearl. On rewatch we hope that possibly this time the projectionist will merely let Pearl stroll residence by herself, or possibly Mitzy will not ask Pearl to take her place in line.
It is painful to observe these characters unknowingly put their lives at risk in a misguided try and be good, though it is smart. In any case, Pearl and Carrie are characters who appears helpless and innocent from the skin trying in; Sue and Mitzy attempt to be good to her as a result of they need to be good folks, not as a result of they’re afraid for their very own security.
