Sucker Punch has been playing on cable lately, so I have been watching it again. The first time that I rewatched it I wasn't sure what was "real" and what wasn't (well, I knew the war zone scenes were in Babydolls head). Then I saw that someone on IMDB posted the theory that Babydoll and Sweetpea are the same person. At first I took them as being metaphorical, but I am watching the movie now, and that theory actually connected alot of dots for me (especially why Sweetpea was wearing a Babydoll wig in her skit).
When we first see Sweetpea, she is by herself on stage, and Rocket, Blondie, and Amber are all sitting at a table away form the stage. We then get closeups of Sweetpea and Babydoll looking at eachother as Blue is talking. Then, when Sweetpea and Babbydoll are introduced to eachother, Blue has suddenly grown a mustache, despite the fact that the stepfather is still there, so it is clearly still the same day.
All of this leads me to believe that the brothel is in Babydolls head, and the warzone is a fantasy within that fantasy. I believe that Sweetpea getting out in the end is Babydolls way of imagining herself being free. After all,I don't think that the scene on the bus can be real, since the bus driver was the man from the warzone. (However, the lady doctor did say that Babydoll helped a patient escape, so I dont know if she was talking about a different patient, or what.)
So, that is my theory. I believe that Sweetpea is another version of Babydoll, and Rocket is another version of Babydolls sister. I believe that Rocket, Blondie and Amber are all real girls that Babydoll used in her fantasy, but Sweetpea may have been completely made up.
To end, I just want to leave you with one thought. Is it a coincidence that Sweetpea and Babydoll both have two word names, while the other girls have one word names?
When we first see Sweetpea, she is by herself on stage, and Rocket, Blondie, and Amber are all sitting at a table away form the stage. We then get closeups of Sweetpea and Babydoll looking at eachother as Blue is talking. Then, when Sweetpea and Babbydoll are introduced to eachother, Blue has suddenly grown a mustache, despite the fact that the stepfather is still there, so it is clearly still the same day.
All of this leads me to believe that the brothel is in Babydolls head, and the warzone is a fantasy within that fantasy. I believe that Sweetpea getting out in the end is Babydolls way of imagining herself being free. After all,I don't think that the scene on the bus can be real, since the bus driver was the man from the warzone. (However, the lady doctor did say that Babydoll helped a patient escape, so I dont know if she was talking about a different patient, or what.)
So, that is my theory. I believe that Sweetpea is another version of Babydoll, and Rocket is another version of Babydolls sister. I believe that Rocket, Blondie and Amber are all real girls that Babydoll used in her fantasy, but Sweetpea may have been completely made up.
To end, I just want to leave you with one thought. Is it a coincidence that Sweetpea and Babydoll both have two word names, while the other girls have one word names?
Blue runs the Lennox Asylum. He is the one who takes in all the girls. He was going to lobotomize Babydoll in 5 days after being bribed by the stepfather so she could neither inform the authorities of what really happen to her sister death nor reclaim her deceased mother's fortune. In those 5 days Babydoll trys to escape, and Blue senses somethings wrong, and ultimetly hears Blondie tellin Madame Gorski what happened. So just before the show he gives a talk on "trust" and promptly kills Amber for stealing the lighter from the mayor and kills Blondie for being a "snitch". He asks everyone to leave the room but Babydoll, and trys to rape her but is not able to as she stabs him and takes his master key,although Babydoll does not go out Sweet Pea does. After Babydoll got lobotomized, he tried to rape her for stabbing him but Madame Gorski called the police and Blue was taken away for unauthorized lobotomy and raping.