I found the PBS mini-series, “Mrs Wilson” on Amazon Prime Video. Based on a true story, the main character, Alison Wilson, is played by her real-life grand-daughter, Ruth Wilson. The story follows Alison’s search for the truth after her husband, Mr. Alec Wilson, unexpectedly dropped dead from a heart attack at age 69.
What a wild ride! As Alison uncovered clues and added in her own version of events, I found myself wanting to believe Mr. Wilson. I was on Alison’s side, seeing the world through her eyes.
Mr. Wilson, Polygamist, Got Game
Once Alison started her investigations, she couldn’t stop. Her decision to continue her search reminded me of a famous choice from “The Matrix”.
“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” — Morpheus, The Matrix
In the end, it’s a familiar story with international espionage and MI6 handlers thrown in for dramatic effect. Most cheaters don’t have such interesting story lines. But the trap is the same and it works perfectly every time.
DramaGuru Analysis
From the perspective of DramaGuru, to frame the context of the fight, I’ve set up the White Belts (the four wives) vs the Black Belt (Mr. Wilson).
Fights at the white belt level operate from one position only. Black belts fight from multiple positions. In this case, the wives are in Ostrich (confused) and Mr Wilson dominated them with Chameleon (pretender), Rabbit (unavailable) and Peacock. (center of attention).
Position Before Submission
Like a white belt (new student) , the wives have not established a position to execute an attack plan. And, at the time, there was no pivot person to say, “There’s something wrong here.” And to follow up with actual proof.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wilson used five (5) DramaGuru attacks:
- Grandiose: insulting
- Sneaky Millie: misdirection, fabrication, falsifying divorce documents, liar, changing his name,
- Turncoat: disloyal, traitor
- Two-timer: cheater
- The Eddie: support from people who believed him
Memories from Mr. Wilson’s son, Dennis
Debunk: expose as pretentious, false, or exaggerated
The Independent: “While his writing career took off, his personal circumstances were complicated. In India, he met and married Dorothy Wick, a touring actress. But when they returned to Britain, Dorothy was left in London, with baby son Michael, while Wilson resumed life with his first family in Southampton.
Dennis remembers: “My father had been this rather glamorous figure who would turn up on leave, driving a flash [expensive] hired car and bringing us loads of presents before leaving again. The 18 months he lived with us after he returned from India were the only time we were a family.”
After a row [argument] with a relative in 1935, Wilson went back to London, telling his wife and children he would find somewhere for them all to live. His son says: “I imagined him arriving at Waterloo with his luggage and looking for lodgings. But now I know that all he did was return to Dorothy. And we never got to live in London.” Writer, lover, soldier, spy: The strange and secretive life of Alexander Wilson
Source:
- Woman holding notebooks, photos by Sora Shimazaki from Pexels
- Timeline: Alexander Wilson’s Life
- Alexander Wilson – Author, Adventurer and Spy
- The True Story Behind Ruth Wilson’s New Historical Drama, Mrs Wilson
The game I call Demon Spotting developed over time as I worked through emotional entanglements and confusing break-ups. My misery became code words. Code words became mat drills. Mat drills became winning combinations. And my confusion lifted. Consider this your invitation to play. Clarity is freedom.