My Brother's Keeper story
Siamese twin brothers Frank and Eddie have differing viewpoints about their condition. The relationship between them also becomes strained when the good- hearted, mild-mannered Frank doesn't want to be surgically separated from the crass and slovenly Eddie out of fear that the procedure could potentially kill them. However, when Frank finds love and Eddie resorts to murder, the former finally changes his mind. Directed by: Peter S. Seaman. Story by: Jeffrey Price.
16 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| conjoined twins | choice | The story is a window into the lives of the polar opposite conjoined twins Frank and Eddie. |
| brother and brother | major | The story is a window into the lives of the polar opposite conjoined twins Frank and Eddie. |
| compassion vs. self-preservation | major | Frank, fearing for his own life, refused to undergo the separation process that his brother Eddie so desperately craved. |
| human characters in contrast | major | Frank (kind-hearted, mild-mannered, and cautious) was pointedly contrasted with his conjoined at the hip twin brother Eddie (abrasive, slovenly, and reckless). |
| risk taking vs. playing it safe | major | Frank was faced with deciding whether to go through with a risky surgery to be separated from his abrasive, conjoined at the hip twin brother, Frank. |
| romantic courtship | major | The story follows Frank in his efforts to woo his love interest, Marie. They went on a date to see the symphony and followed it up with dinner. However, Frank's conjoined at the hip twin brother, Eddie, made for a terrible third wheel. |
| sibling rivalry | major | The conjoined at the hip twins Frank and Eddie were quarreled constantly. |
| tragic love | major | Frank and Marie's burgeoning love ended tragically when Frank's conjoined twin buried a meat cleaver in her back. |
| bondage sex | minor | Marie could not lay idly by as her love interest's conjoined twin was being rode by a whip wielding, leather clad prostitute whilst handcuffed to the bedpost. |
| law enforcement | minor | In the end, a police detective arrived at the hospital to collect Eddie on a murder charge. |