Her point about Thai food, too, is really a point about being sheltered from the world. She says she doesn't like it much, but she feels very cosmopolitan, "whereas in my old life, well you know how that was."Charlotte Eve wrote:The whole "ringing the bell" thing just reminded me of that odd film, the Village. People separated totally from society without realising. I guess that's kind of like Bree.
Heh.
I hope this is canon, I so hope it! Gemma gives us a confirmation that it's not just Bree's parents keeping Bree unnaturally isolated, but rather it's their whole religious community that gates itself off from the rest of the world.
Oh, and to whomever seemed to think that Bree and Gemma used to ring the bell naughtily: Gemma says, "In the community, we used to ring the bell," meaning THE COMMUNITY used to have that as a form of alarm. I think it's significant that it must have happened a lot, or enough times that Gemma is still spooked by it, and can't stand ambulance or police sirens.
And "hurt or worse"? What was worse? Hmmmm.