![]() Quickly the other personalities start to emerge – Peggy, the frightened child Vicky, the francophonic sophisticate and Marcia, the suicidal artist, among others. Cornelia Wilbur (Joanne Woodward, herself a multiple personality alum with The Three Faces of Eve) who quickly realizes she’s going to need a bigger band-aid. Her tendency of putting her wrist through windows lands her in the hospital and in the care of Dr. Substitute teaching in New York City, Sybil finds the blackouts that have afflicted her for her entire life are coming on stronger – one minute she’s leading a game of Follow the Leader, next she’s knee-deep in a Central Park pond. I just wish I could forget.Based on a book almost as heavily groped by teenage girls as “Go Ask Alice”, the made-for-TV movie Sybil stars Sally Field as the titular split-personality basket case. I want to just get over it, and that won't happen if I keep talking about it. There's just this ache that doesn't go away. Ended up crying pretty hard at some points. Mae wanted Sharon so bad and so did I, and we were just missing her so much that it was hard to watch the movie. and brought up many triggers of memories from the past, and brought of many memories of therapy sessions with our old therapist (for instance, seeing "Ruthie" and "Peggy" talking with the therapist, coloring on the floor like we used to with Sharon, crying, etc). Reminded me and Mae so much of the old Sybil. ![]() The original Sybil is one of my favorite movies and nothing could ever do it justice. ![]() ![]() That's a hard role to play and Sally Field's shoes are big ones to fill with that role, you know? I certainly wouldn't want to do it! I'm sure it must have been emotionally exhausting. ![]() Could have been done better but it CERTAINLY could have been a lot worse! I thought the girl was trying to be too much like Sally Field. I don't know how many people saw it, but the remake of the original "Sybil" movie was on CBS tonight. ![]()
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