Is a Nurse Ratched Origin Story a Good Idea?

Is a Nurse Ratched Origin Story a Good Idea?

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Netflix’s new show Ratched, created by Evan Romansky and produced by American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy, has just had a trailer release, with a wide array of opinions ranging from excitement to frustration. Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoos’s Nest introduced us to the character of Nurse Ratched, a battle-axe of a nurse who rules over the psychiatric hospital with an iron fist. The movie version gave us the Oscar winning performance of Louise Fletcher, who was so effective in her role, that the American Film Institute listed her character as Number Five on its list of 100 Villains, right underneath the …