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![]() Charity efforts, welfare checks and paid trips to Disneyland are proof of the heroic symbolism that their story commanded over the national collective. To the public, Gypsy was a poor child struck by misfortune, and Dee Dee was a saint come to life, sacrificing her own life in order to make her daughter’s existence even slightly tolerable. Soon enough, Gypsy’s strange story had garnered national attention and become a sensational example of resilience and motherly devotion. This is why Hulu’s decision to make an eight-episode television series out of her life’s events should come as no surprise to anyone who is even remotely familiar with her troubling tale.Īlthough perfectly healthy in early childhood, at the age of 8, Gypsy suffered an injury that, according to her mother, Dee Dee, restricted her to a wheelchair and was soon followed by the onset of a series of unforeseen chronic illnesses and disabilities, including leukemia, muscular dystrophy, asthma and symptoms of brain damage - something that gave Gypsy the marked physical impression of looking like a toddler despite her being in her early teens. ![]() The fascinating real-life story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard is one that was destined for a cinematic adaptation.
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