Best Actress Watch Number 58/94

tw; sexual violence

About halfway through Children of a Lesser God, I paused the movie. I couldn't tell if I was reading too critically into the narrative, but I eventually stumbled upon this article about the sexual/emotional/physical abuse Marlee Matlin survived at the hands of costar William Hurt. To me, there is something unsettling and coercive about James' pursuit of Sarah, and the romance that follows. He continually polices her narrative, and seeks out ways…