If you view the film conceptually, it operates on a dual narrative. The microcosm is Domestic Abuse and the macrocosm is violence as American History and American Culture. The American History/ Culture Narrative takes what’s happening on the Domestic Abuse narrative and applies it culturally and societally.
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Ullman Styled as Uncle Sam
Ullman’s outfit as Uncle Sam.
American Flag
The American flag.
Stars
Ullman is dressed in red, white, and blue.
The American flag.
The official pen and star-lined paper.
Cultural appropriation as decoration: the copious amounts of American imagery and the Native American pattern curtains.