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Felicity Bannister (Kerry Walker) has told her parents she has been raped by a prowler, but she has refused to be examined by the family doctor. At breakfast, her mother (Ruth Cracknell) suggests a day at the hairdresser, to help her get over it. Her father (John Frawley) kisses her head and goes off to work.
Curator’s notes
The odd ruthlessness of the Bannister family becomes more obvious, as Doris (Ruth Cracknell) tries to undo what’s been done, with food or a facial. The provocative relationship between Felicity and her father (John Frawley) also becomes more obvious, suggesting a dark history. This is one of the only scenes set in the kitchen, presumably to show Doris’s cleaning fetish. It has an almost feverish pitch, suggesting mounting hysteria.
