12 Years A Slave will
beat you
down emotionally, scene after scene, without any mercy - but that's just a testament to the brilliant direction, transformation - like performances, and unapologetic storytelling that elevates Steve McQueen's movie high above the masses.
There wasn't any rhyme or reason to her condemnation of these people, she just latched on to them and assaulted them psychologically and
emotionally until they either quit or were
beaten down with lists of fabricated missteps to justify their labelling as inept and fired... I worked at MOCA for 28 years until Helen fired me a year and a half ago.»