In the climactic scene of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Billy Bibbit, a likable but painfully withdrawn young male patient in a mental institution, finally seems to be emerging from a lifetime of crippling anxiety, depression and suicide attempts, speaking boldly and without stuttering for the first time. As the other patients good-naturedly cheer Billy on, the cold and malevolent head administrator, Nurse Ratched perversely threatened by Billys new-found freedom and independence manipulates him right back down into the depths of his mental dungeon. He pitifully sinks to the floor, stammering and screaming, as the guards drag him away.
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