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Charlie Says: The Manson Family Cult

The film tells the story of Leslie “Lulu” Van Houten’s life in the Manson Family cult and Karlene Faith’s work to deprogram her, Patricia “Katie” Krenwinkel, and Susan “Sadie” Atkins after they were imprisoned for their involvement in the Tate and LaBianca murders. It interweaves scenes from various time periods.

The Manson Family Cult

In the opening scene, Lulu slowly showers blood off her face after the LaBianca murders. Three years later, Lulu, Katie, and Sadie are in the Special Security Unit at the California Institution for Women. Karlene Faith, a University of California, Santa Cruz graduate student, is assigned to teach them college classes. Lulu, Katie, and Sadie are unusually gentle, polite, and welcoming, in contrast to what she expects of convicted murderers. As Karlene gets acquainted with them, she sees that their belief systems were set for them by Charles “Charlie” Manson, whom they adore: she wants to change that.

Life in the Manson Family

The film flashes back to Lulu’s introduction to the Family and Charlie at Spahn Ranch. Fulfilling Charlie’s requests for new recruits, Catherine “Gypsy” Share brings Lulu to the ranch. Katie becomes Lulu’s mentor. Katie explains Charlie and the Family’s beliefs. The group follows Charlie’s preaching, instructing them to let go of their egos, live in the now, and be free about sex. Drugs are handed out to everyone. The members of the Family are happy and loving to each other. That evening, Lulu witnesses a deeply emotional scene involving another Family member, Sandy. In front of the group, Charlie tears down Sandy’s personality and relationship with her parents and then constructs her a new interpretation of herself, sealing the deal with group affirmation. Returning from the flashback, Lulu tells Karlene that every girl should have a daddy like Charlie. Incredulous, Karlene thinks that Lulu, Katie, and Sadie have been brainwashed and offers them copies of Our Bodies, Ourselves and Sisterhood is Powerful.

The Downfall

Some days, Charlie sends the women out to panhandle and hunt through dumpsters for food. Some nights, he oversees Family orgies. He makes the rules for the group: women cannot hold money and aren’t allowed to serve themselves food until the men at the table have served themselves. After Lulu sees Charlie callously disregard the pain of a crying Family member, he explains his philosophy that the members of his group are trying to let go of their materialistic culture, to submit, and to get rid of their egos and hang-ups. He says that there has to be some death of self. He then has sex with Lulu, and tells her to think of it “like making love to her daddy”, which he believes “is what all the girls want but can never have”.