Cutting slays his enemy, Vallon, after a vicious fight between the groups. With his young son in tow, the Dead Rabbits face off with the Natives, a group of American-born men of Irish descent led by William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting ( Daniel Day-Lewis). The Dead Rabbits, a Catholic clan of Irish-Americans, are led by Liam Neeson’s Vallon, a man clad with a priest’s collar and a cross as he braces to lead his gang into a battle. The film opens with the jarring and bloody struggle between the Dead Rabbits and the Protestant Confederation of American Natives. It is the year 1846, and the various gangs of the area fight for dominance of their territory. All of this gained them not just sympathy and attention, but financial donations from different charities such as Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.Overview of the Film and Critical Reception

Dee Dee forced Gypsy to take medications she didn't need, have procedures that weren't necessary, and forced her into a wheelchair when Gypsy could actually walk just fine. Gypsy Rose endured years of abuse with Dee Dee telling her (and everyone else) she had leukemia, muscular dystrophy, and other ailments she didn't actually have. She suffered from a mental illness called Munchausen syndrome by proxy that manifests through a parent or guardian fabricating the illness of a child to gain sympathy and attention. Gypsy wasn't sick at all - but Dee Dee was. Gypsy and online love interest, Nichoal Godejohn, plotted to kill Dee Dee after Gypsy discovered she wasn't as sick as her mother made her believe she was. The Act backtracks the life of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard after their move from Louisiana to Missouri in 2007. To fully grasp the horror of The Act, pictures of the real Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard will show you things aren't always what they appear.

The Act is a dramatized version of the complicated relationship between Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose that ended with Dee Dee's murder and Gypsy Rose behind bars. The tragic and haunting true story of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter, Gypsy Rose, have been the subject of an HBO documentary by Erin Lee Carr, Mommy Dead and Dearest, and the first season of Hulu's latest series, The Act, available to stream today.

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