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    'The Act' shows a new side to the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case — and its two stars

    by Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times Mar 19, 2019 5 minutes

    If you think your relationship with your mom is complicated, Hulu's new series "The Act" will offer a dose of perspective.

    The first season of the anthology drama, starring Patricia Arquette and Joey King, follows the strange real-life case of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter, Gypsy Rose. For years, Dee Dee (Arquette), a single mom living in Missouri, convinced the public that her wheelchair-using daughter (King) was chronically ill - all while collecting donations and gifts from charity organizations.

    That is, until Gypsy Rose, after figuring out the sham, plotted her mother's murder. The pair gained national attention after a 2016 BuzzFeed article and an HBO documentary, "Mommy Dead and Dearest," chronicled their troubled and tragic mother-daughter relationship. (Gypsy is serving a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to her role in her mother's death.)

    Experts have said Gypsy likely was the victim of Munchausen syndrome by

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