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Nurse Ratched (full name Mildred Ratched in the movie, also known as "Big Nurse") is a fictional character and the main antagonist of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, first featured in Ken Kesey's 1962 novel as well as the 1975 film adaptation.
Sep 18, 2020 · W hen the world first meets Nurse Ratched, the cruel asylum nurse in Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, she’s characterized in terrifying terms. She’s too comfortable ...
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Sep 21, 2020 · On Oscar night 1976, Milos Forman's drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest cemented its place in the zeitgeist. An adaptation of Ken Kesey's powerful novel about patients on a 1960s...
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Sep 18, 2020 · Netflix's Ratched is a prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which tells the story of the character before she joined the Oregon psychiatric facility that gives the novel and movie...
Sep 18, 2020 · In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, published in 1962, Ken Kesey introduced Nurse Mildred Ratched, the domineering administrative head of the psychiatric ward at Salem State Hospital.
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Sep 15, 2020 · In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Nurse Ratched is introduced as the head nurse at Oregon State Hospital, who oversees a psychiatric ward with numerous patients.
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Jul 10, 2018 · In 1975, Louise Fletcher stunned as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. With Ryan Murphy’s forthcoming series set to carve out her character’s backstory, Fletcher reveals the ...
