Nurse Ratched might not be a new American Horror Story character, but she is an infamous icon in pop culture, immortalized by Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Indeed, the American Film Institute ranked her as the fifth-best movie villain of all time, just beneath the likes of Hannibal Lecter and Darth Vader. Now, she's getting the Ryan Murphy treatment with Ratched, a Netflix prequel series led by Sarah Paulson. While expanding on her backstory is an intriguing endeavor, Mildred Ratched is historically a legendary character.
Nurse Ratched originates from Ken Kesey's 1962 novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Kesey was inspired by his own experiences as a nurse's aide at a psychiatric ward. In his novel, Nurse Ratched is a former army nurse acting as the head administrative nurse at a mental institution in Oregon. She emerges as cold and calculating, almost machine-like. She manipulates...
Nurse Ratched originates from Ken Kesey's 1962 novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Kesey was inspired by his own experiences as a nurse's aide at a psychiatric ward. In his novel, Nurse Ratched is a former army nurse acting as the head administrative nurse at a mental institution in Oregon. She emerges as cold and calculating, almost machine-like. She manipulates...
- 8/11/2020
- by Stacey Nguyen
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