I didn't know the original ending had been changed. But yeah, part of what made me curious was knowing how long Close had fought to make it happen :o/
I can't quite articulate what about Albert made him unappealing to me. I think I read him as a bit of a creeper sometimes; the way he fixates on Helen and Mr. Page's & Cathleen made me uncomfortable, but I don't know how much of that was embarrassment squick. But yes, Page and Cathleen were really awesome together, I totally shipped that.
The part that really made me claw at my face was the apalling back-story bit with Albert, where it is firmly established that not only is he Weird, he is 'made that way' because he was assaulted as a child. I guess it fits in perfectly with the Men Are Monsters theme?
But yes, I totally agree with your interpretation of the ending. I felt so disgusted by the connotation that Albert was just a problem, an abnormality who got in the way of these people leading their normal lives, and how order was re-established when he was gone and they could cannibalise what he had left behind.
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I didn't know the original ending had been changed. But yeah, part of what made me curious was knowing how long Close had fought to make it happen :o/
I can't quite articulate what about Albert made him unappealing to me. I think I read him as a bit of a creeper sometimes; the way he fixates on Helen and Mr. Page's & Cathleen made me uncomfortable, but I don't know how much of that was embarrassment squick. But yes, Page and Cathleen were really awesome together, I totally shipped that.
The part that really made me claw at my face was the apalling back-story bit with Albert, where it is firmly established that not only is he Weird, he is 'made that way' because he was assaulted as a child. I guess it fits in perfectly with the Men Are Monsters theme?
But yes, I totally agree with your interpretation of the ending. I felt so disgusted by the connotation that Albert was just a problem, an abnormality who got in the way of these people leading their normal lives, and how order was re-established when he was gone and they could cannibalise what he had left behind.