"Paul had this idea for Stephanie to talk directly to [the camera] to address the moms that are watching, which is just so overproduced and so alienating," she continued. "But it speaks to how tightly wound she is, because she's hiding so much and she's repressing so much. It's one of those things where, you've been through some trauma and you feel like as long as you just keep everything perfectly in order … everything will be fine and you don't have to deal with the fact that you're also a person that has this history that's kind of dark."

Source: Los Angeles Times September 16, 2018 18:00 UTC