Another reason this scene from Hillbilly Elegy is so striking? It's the way that Close nimbly presents both the strength and weaknesses of Mamaw in equal measure. In the hospital, Mamaw is feeble and seemingly defeated both inside and out. But once she puts her mind to it, she gathers up her faculties and gets to the business of saving J.D. It's not just the physical manifestation here that shows the duality of the character, though.
If you watch the scene closely, you might notice that Mamaw also initially continues to struggle with her own inner conflict about her daughter Bev. Sure, she storms into the house on a mission to spring J.D. from the place, but she also bites her tongue and avoids immediately responding to Bev's shouted questions about why she's dropping in out of the blue. That hesitation and visible frustration might only last just a few seconds, but it exemplifies exactly what Mamaw has struggled with throughout the entire story of Hillbilly Elegy; she quietly stood by throughout so much of Bev's turmoil and abuse of J.D. and knows that she is at least partly responsible for enabling her daughter's worst impulses and behaviors.
So it takes her a while to decide to hold her accountable and declare that enough is enough. But once she does commit to finally admonishing Bev and stepping up for J.D., it's clear that Mamaw finally feels free in her own right. In the end, Mamaw continues to have her own problems and faults, but she finally realizes that she can't wait for her own life to get better before she takes action and owns up to her responsibility to J.D., his sister, and, in a way, Bev as well.
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