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Dolores Claiborne
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Dolores Claiborne is a 1992 Psychological Thriller novel by Stephen King.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Presented as a text transcription of a voice recording by the police, the story introduces Dolores Claiborne (née St. George), an elderly maid from Little Tall Island off the coast of Maine, who has been caring for her wealthy employer Vera Donovan for many years. Vera suddenly dies under suspicious circumstances, and Dolores – who had also been suspected of murdering her husband Joe many years before – is caught standing over the body clutching a rolling pin. The novel begins as Dolores has voluntarily gone down to the police station in order to make a statement concerning her role in both deaths.King wrote the novel with Kathy Bates – whom he'd met on the set of Misery and was greatly impressed by – in mind for the role of Dolores in the inevitable film version. Sure enough, Bates starred in Taylor Hackford's 1995 film alongside Judy Parfitt as Vera, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Selena, and Christopher Plummer as (unique to the film character) Detective John Mackey, and also features memorable appearances by John C. Reilly, Bob Gunton and David Strathairn. The film is often cited as one of the more underrated King adaptations, but has been somewhat obscured by the fact that it followed the release of The Shawshank Redemption and appeared amid a flurry of other memorable (if often of low or questionable quality) film and television adaptations of King's work.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Bates later cited Dolores as her favorite among her own roles. | |
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The Alcoholic: Joe St. George, Dolores's husband was thought to be one. Dolores, however, disputes that Joe was actually an alcoholic: he liked to drink, but he was capable of moderating himself (such as drinking the good liquor in small portions, so it'd last longer). However, he could win sympathy from people by claiming to be a recovering alcoholic.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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Ailment-Induced Cruelty: During the last years of Vera's life, she devolves into a helpless bed-ridden old woman frequently hallucinating about "dust bunnies". Her only source of joy ends up being intentionally shitting her bed in order to make her caretaker, Dolores, clean it up. | |
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Abusive Parents: Dolores Claiborne has a husband who, in addition to physically abusing her, has a decidedly unwholesome interest in their teenage daughter Selena, who suffered sexual abuse at his hands in addition to manipulation into being afraid of her mother in order to keep her from talking about it. It is this, along with the stealing of their children's college money in order to spite her, that would ultimately lead to Dolores's decision to murder him. | |
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Adaptation Name Change: Vera's husband is called Michael in the book but Jack in the film. | |
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