Well, it was just as though they'd thrown me into a snake pit. And I was shocked into...
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Virginia Stuart Cunningham:
It was strange, here I was among all those people, and at the same time I felt as if I were looking at them from some place far away, the whole place seemed to me like a deep hole and the people down in it like strange animals, like... like snakes, and I've been thrown into it... yes... as though... as though I were in a snake pit... Doctor Mark Kik:
A snake pit? Virginia Stuart Cunningham:
Later, weeks later, I understood. I remembered once reading in a book that long ago they used to put insane people into pits full of snakes. I think they figured that something which might drive a normal person insane, might shock an insane person back into sanity. Did you ever hear of that? Doctor Mark Kik:
Yes. Virginia Stuart Cunningham:
Well, it was just as though they'd thrown me into a snake pit. And I was shocked into thinking that maybe I wasn't as sick as the others... and I really might get well
It was strange, here I was among all those people, and at the same time I felt as if I were looking at them from some place far away, the whole place seemed to me like a deep hole and the people down in it like strange animals, like... like snakes, and I've been thrown into it... yes... as though... as though I were in a snake pit... Doctor Mark Kik:
A snake pit? Virginia Stuart Cunningham:
Later, weeks later, I understood. I remembered once reading in a book that long ago they used to put insane people into pits full of snakes. I think they figured that something which might drive a normal person insane, might shock an insane person back into sanity. Did you ever hear of that? Doctor Mark Kik:
Yes. Virginia Stuart Cunningham:
Well, it was just as though they'd thrown me into a snake pit. And I was shocked into thinking that maybe I wasn't as sick as the others... and I really might get well
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It was strange Here I was among all those people
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and at the same time
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I felt as if I were looking at them from someplace far away
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The whole place seemed to me like a deep hole
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and the people down in it like strange animals
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like like snakes
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and I'd been thrown into it
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Yes As though as though I were in a snake pit
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A snake pit
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Later weeks later I understood
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I remembered once reading in a book that long ago
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they used to put insane people into pits full of snakes
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I think they figured that something
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which might drive a normal person insane
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might shock an insane person back into sanity
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Did you ever hear of that Yes
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Well it was just as though they'd thrown me into a snake pit
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and I was shocked into thinking that
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maybe I wasn't as sick as the others
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that I really might get well
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Movie Summary
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
Actors
Virginia Stuart Cunningham
