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Mother's Milk (2012)
-So, to get the answer, we
take the number of babies with Down's Syndrome who test positive divided by the total number of positives, which is 9.5 divided by 9.5 plus 49.5, equaling 16.1%, what I trust is a somewhat counter-intuitive answer, given the high probability of the test producing a correct result if the baby has Down's Syndrome and the relatively low probability of false positives. Now, this is an example of the False Positive Paradox. Any questions? Good. Now, remember that the mid-term is next Tuesday. I will be available in my office hours today, but please only stop by if you have specific questions on specific problems. I will not be offering an overview of the past eight weeks. All right, that will be all for today. -Hey Claude. How are you? -Who are we playing tonight? -Tom and Dick. Then the Hendersons. -Great. That means listening to Tom clear his throat every five seconds. -Mm hm. Let's take our seats. -OK, I should be back around five. Um, leftovers in the fridge if you get hungry. -OK, see you later. -Oh, hey, are you going running today? -I don't think so, I'm just going to read my book. Why? I was just going to have you mail a few letters for me. Never mind, I can mail them. Have a good day. -See you later. -Bye sweet girl. -Hey, ooh. Oh my, oh my, aren't we getting big? Auntie Kim's bored with her book. What do you say we go for a little jog in the park, huh? Hm, how does that sound? Let Auntie Kim get our jackets, and then we can be on our way. Yeah? OK. -Excuse me, miss? Miss? Ah, is this Pier Point Park ? -Yes, it is. -Where is the clock tower? -Clock tower? Um, I'm not aware of any clock tower in the park. -How odd, I'm supposed to meet someone here, that's what she said. See? -I don't know. I mean Shh. Shh. Sit up. Shh. I'm gonna remove the gag now. Now, we're miles away from anyone, so it's not gonna do you any good to scream. -Annie, the baby, where is she? What have you done with her? -The baby? Is she not your baby? -Where is she? Is she OK? -I've done nothing to the baby. I left her in the stroller by the jogging path. Now, I'm sure she's been found already. I'm sure she's all right. Now, you referred to her as "the baby," not "my baby." Is she not yours? -She's my niece. Who are you? What do you want with me? -Your niece? How unfortunate. I was rather hoping she was yours. -Why? What do you want with me? -All questions that will undoubtedly be answered in due time. Now, let's get you out of this. You'll be much more comfortable. Here, OK. Here we go. Stay still. OK, OK. I'm just gonna Here, OK. Here we go. Stay still. OK, OK. I'm just gonna put this around your leg, all right? OK. Here we go. Stay still. I'm not gonna hurt you. Here we go. There we go. All right now, let's take these handcuffs off. Here, OK. OK. There we go. No, no. I don't want to hurt you, but if you resist, I may have to. You must be hungry. I'll get you some food. -Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. -I brought you your breakfast. Tell me your name. -Why are you doing all this? What do you want with me? You said I would find out in due time. -You are to be my nourishing mother, my alma mater, if you will. Now, please, eat some of your breakfast, and we'll have a nice little chat in the meantime. -Tell me your name. -Kim. And how old are you, Kim? -24. -Now, I noticed an engagement ring, but no wedding band. Were you to be married soon? -Yes. In four months. -And what do you do? -What does it matter? -I'm just trying to make conversation, get to know you a little bit, is all. Do you have a job? -No. -Are you a student? -I Just finished getting my Master's in English literature. Well, congratulations. That's wonderful. And, what were you planning to do with your degree? -I Thought I might try to write a novel. A novel? Excellent. Well here, here you will have ample time and few distractions. I'll have to get you materials. Now, I know that the effects of imprisonment can be psychologically devastating. But, having a goal, a project, a raison d'tre as it were, can go a long way to keeping you healthy. -I'm not the first, am I? -What? -The first woman you've done this to? -Why do you say that? -What you just said, this whole set-up, the chains, the chamber pot, the hand for turning the light off. You've done this before. -You are a clever girl. -What happened to the others? -Other. There is only one other. -What happened to her? Where is she? -Look, I'm afraid that you've hit upon a subject that I don't wish to discuss. Now, I'm sure that you are fearing the worst, but you mustn't, OK? You're not her, so please, let's talk about something else. Anything else. -Is she dead? You killed her, didn't you? And you're gonna kill me too. Why? Why? Look, look, I don't know who you are or how you got me here. Just let me go. Just let me go, and I won't say anything. -Please don't get hysterical, please, please. I am not going to harm you. You must believe that. But I can't just let you go. But someday... I will let you go. Why don't you finish your breakfast. -I'm not hungry. -Very well then. In that case, I'm gonna have to ask that you wear this. In that case, I'm gonna have to ask that you wear this. Now, I hope that we can dispense with it in the near future, but I don't want to be bitten again. Open up, open up. There you go. Come here. All right, now, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm gonna have to ask that you wear the wrist clasps too. All I'm going to do is massage your breasts. That's it. I'm not going to hurt you. Come here. That's it. I'm not going to hurt you. Come here. Shh. There you go. Stand up. Shh, shh. OK. Shh. There you go. Stand up. Shh, shh. OK. I have something I thought you might like to see. As you can see, the baby was found. I thought you might like to know that. -What is this? -Seared foie gras, with braised fennel and cracked pepper caramel sauce. -Foie gras? That's liver, isn't it? -Yes. It's a special kind of goose liver. It's delicious. -I hate liver. I won't eat it. -Just try it. -No. Besides, that's the kind of liver that they have to torture the goose to get, isn't it? -It's not torture. Just try it. -No. -Just have one bite. If you don't like it, fine. -It's OK. I won't eat anything tonight. -All I ask is that you try it. You're not even going to have one bite? I'll teach you to eat liver. Tonight I've made lamb chops, with mushroom risotto. Butternut squash ravioli with braised root vegetables. Minestrone soup with parmesan cheese and fresh French bread. Hungarian goulash with spaetzle. -OK. I get it. I'll try anything you give me. -Get it? You'll never get it. My purpose is to train you, not educate you. -Fuck you. -That's never going to happen. -How do you expect me to produce milk if you starve me? I thought you were supposed to be some kind of intellect? It doesn't seem like you thought this one through. -Home-made meatloaf with mashed potatoes and baby carrots. Stir-fried vegetables with rice. Tonight we are having liver. Beef liver, with mushroom medley and a red wine reduction sauce, for me. And for you Wait. Well, Liver isn't so bad after all, I see. Well, I'm glad that this little experiment is over. Maybe now we can go back and eat meals like civilized people. Quite the little artist, aren't we now? I thought you were more the literary type. I'll have to get you a sketch pad then. And a washing coat -I've never heard of induced lactation. Are you sure it's gonna work? -Induced lactation by mechanical manipulation is successful with most women, although there are no guarantees. -How long is it supposed to take? -Not long. Two to four weeks. -You don't have to use the cuffs and the ball gag anymore, Claude. I'm not gonna do anything stupid. -I'd like to believe that. -What can I do? Even if I could harm you, there'd be no point. I'd die in here. What if it doesn't what if it doesn't work? -What? -If you can't induce lactation? There are drugs we can try, hormones to be more precise, although I'd have to think about how to obtain them. Of course, pregnancy would be another option. -When will you let me go? -I told you to stop asking me that. -I wish you wouldn't smoke in here. -I'm sorry. I never asked if the smoke bothered you. How selfish of me. Making good use of the crayons, I see. -Yep. -Do you mind if I have a look? -I don't suppose I can stop you. -If you don't want me to look, I won't. -No, go ahead. I don't mind. -Non-representational I assume. -No, it's representational. It is the sun, at least my memory of it. I miss the sun. -I like it. Shall I hang it up on the wall? -I don't care. -To brighten up the room a bit. -Whatever. -I suppose I could arrange it so that you could go outside. So that you could see the sun again. Would you like that? -Very much. -Very well then. -Claude! Claude! Claude! Claude! -I need to take your temperature. -To know when I've ovulated. -Precisely. -Couldn't get the drugs. -No. -Or the hormones, to be more precise. -98.6 exactly. Well, we have our baseline. -Isn't that wonderful. -It's a beautiful day outside today. Would you like to see it for yourself? -Yes. -Beautiful day. -I so wanted to see the sun. -We take so much for granted. Strange, how we can never really appreciate something until we are denied it. I accidentally started a fire. Burned the house down. -Goodnight my dearest. I love you. -Goodnight mommy. Mommy, mommy! Wake up, mommy! Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy! Mommy, please, wake up! Mommy, please! C'mon, mommy, please, wake up mommy! Just please wake up mom! Mom, please wake up! Please! I couldn't wake her to get her out. -Who raised you? -My mother. I could tell you one thing I've been thinking about quite a bit lately. -What's that? -About getting away. I've been focusing on this narrow problem, putting so much energy into it that the bigger picture just gets lost. I think a simpler existence would be better. The question is, what to do? -Exactly. So, what do you propose to do? -I'm not sure. -I guess it just doesn't bother me that the big questions will go unanswered. -But how do you keep yourself from asking the questions? -Well, I can think of one pretty good way. Ralph! Another round of drinks. -Today's the day. We need to get this into you. You can insert the semen yourself if you wish. I will just observe. -What if I refuse? Then I will bind you and do it myself if necessary. I just figured you would rather do it yourself. All of this so you can have lactating breasts to suck on, Claude? It doesn't make any sense. I'm sure there are women you can pay to satisfy your fetish. Look on the web. Hire a wet-nurse. You don't need to go through all of this. -You think I haven't tried that? -What happened? -I hired a professional that specializes in my fetish, as you called it. -And that wasn't enough? Why not? -It was just different. -What was different about it? -I can't explain it. It just was. -What about the baby? -What about it? -What do you intend to do with it? -Whatever you like. You can keep it if you'd like. -And raise it in this dungeon? You really are crazy. -Then I will drop it off anonymously at a hospital. It doesn't matter. Now, first things first. You are so absolutely beautiful. You're radiant. How can you miss the sun when you are the sun? You radiate warmth and light. You obliterate the darkness. -You're drunk, Claude. -A bit. But as the saying goes, in vino veritas. -Why have you been drinking so much? -Because you've been in my dreams. -So, I don't see the connection. -It's not good for you to be in my dreams. I need to keep you out of my dreams. -I still don't see why that makes you drink. -Because when I drink, I'm not haunted by my dreams. The night passes in silence and darkness. That's what I need when I sleep. And you, as the light of the day. Good night, and sweet dreams to you, my love. -Who's a famous mathematician that starts with an E? -Euclid. -It's five letters. -Euler. -That starts with an E? -Yes. -How do you spell it? -E-U-L-E-R. -Thank you. -Well, I'm going to make us lunch. Would you care for anything in particular? -Yeah. I'm craving pickles and ice cream. -Pickles and ice cream? -Don't you know what that means? -No. -It means the turkey baster and I are going to have a baby. -Really? I got you this. I thought you might like to wear it for dinner. -How did you know my size? The woman at the store was quite helpful. -Will you wear it? -Why? -I don't know. I thought you would look nice in it. -I didn't think that mattered to you. -Will you wear it? -I'll wear it but on one condition. -What's that? -I want a mirror, and not just a small one, but big enough to see how the dress fits. -I think I can accommodate that. -I like this wine. What kind is it? -It is a Ribera del Duero from Spain. It's made from the Tempranillo grape. I like it too. -It tastes rather charcolately. -Charcolately. I like that. It is earthy, a hint of charcoal, a bit of chocolate in the finish. You are becoming quite the connoisseur. -And to think I didn't even like wine before. -To new discoveries. I could live without the wine. -I... I do hope you appreciate that I've tried to make things better for you. I really want this to work out. -This? What "this?" How could "this" possibly work out? -Well, your sun pictures no longer have the "I will kill Claude" message in them. -You knew. -I could hardly blame you. But I do hope your feelings for me have softened, at least a little? -What do you want me to say? True, I don't want to kill you anymore, and I don't want you to kill me. I don't want anyone to kill anyone. But I can't go on like this forever. The only way this can possibly work out is if you let me go. I want to see my Tommy again. I want to see my family. I want to have a normal life. -I do wish I had never taken you. But what can I do now? -I wouldn't talk. I swear. no one would find out who you are. You say that now, but I know you too well. You are a kind-hearted, intelligent person. I am a monster. The thought that I might subject someone else to what you've been through, or worse, it would gnaw at you. The guilt would be too much. or worse, it would gnaw at you. The guilt would be too much. You would tell them everything. Maybe there is one way. -Claude! Claude! There's my boy. Come to mommy, Claude. There's my boy. I knew you'd come to mommy. You've been a good boy, haven't you, Claude? -Yes, mommy. -Claude. -You don't need her anymore. I'm here for you, Claude. No, Claude. Not that. You know what I need. -No, no. No. No, I can't. No, no! Are the bandages OK? Are you comfortable? You're not talking? OK. I don't blame you. But there is a silver lining here. Now I... I know you may not see it, but there is hope. You were in my dreams. One of my bad dreams. And yet, I didn't kill you. I stopped it. This is good. And yet, I didn't kill you. I stopped it. This is good. Is it not? We can move on. There is no reason to believe that anything like that will ever happen again. I can... I can stop it. -Let me go. Please, please. Please, please let me go. You think I don't feel trapped? I am the prisoner. I am the one who can't escape. I'm the one who's dying here. I'm going out of town for a couple of days. This should hold you over until I get back. -Where are you going? -North American Bridge Championships. -With David? -Yes, of course with David. -When will you be back? -We have a flight back on Monday but if we get knocked out of the tournament, I may come back earlier. I'm gonna fix dinner. Is there anything in particular you'd like? -Steak. Those T-bones you made before were very good. -Craving iron? You're not on your period, are you? -No. I think I'm just craving steak. Do you think I could eat alone? -I suppose. Why? -I'm just not in the mood for any conversation tonight. -We could eat in silence. I don't mind. -Please, Claude. You've been making me nervous lately, and I would just like to eat in peace. -Fine. I'll be down later. Give me your plate, please. -Get it yourself. Come on, Kim. I don't want to play games. Where's the steak knife? Kim, I know you have the knife. Give it to me, please. -Claude? Claude, are you here? Claude? Claude? -Claude, what's happening? Are you there? Claude! -Hey. I made you tea. -Thank you. -Are you gonna schedule that appointment? Kim, I don't understand. You know what he said about certain psychoses likely being hereditary. -I know what everybody said. |
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