Diane Freeling from Poltergeist

In Poltergeist (1982) Diane Freely, played by JoBeth Williams, is a loving wife and mother of three, who has a little ghost problem in her suburban household. While some may question her mothering skills in the beginning of the film, I mean her daughter is taken into the television by mischief ghosts while she's not being watched, but Diane does redeem herself by going "into the light" and brings her back, re-birthing her as a WARRIOR MOM! So when it comes time to save her children once again at the last leg of the film, you better believe this lady is not going to let them get sucked back into their closet.

While spending the last night in their now supposedly "clean" house, Diane puts her children to bed, takes a relaxing bath, and dons a comfy (most likely her husband's) oversized long sleeved red jersey with the number "65" printed on the front & back. She sits on her bed, in a pair of white floral print mid rise underwear, brushing her blown out perfectly curly hair. She looks valuable, sexy, and slightly exposed with her bare legs showing.

After being dragged around her ceiling, she knows pretty damn well the Poltergeist is back! She can't get to her children and runs outside screaming for help, trying to recruit neighbors to join her one woman "team." Will anyone help her? Nope. She realizes it's all up to her, turning her into mama quarterback! A woman who must save her children and lead them to victory, crawling through the mud, falling into the freshly dug swimming pool, and running down the long hallway which appears to stretch on forever. She screams...

"GET AWAY FROM MY BABIES!"

Will her husband help her? Nope. She's got this. She busts into the children's room, swings her daughter over her shoulder, drags her son out by his hand and runs for it, bolting down the last stretch of land, around the side of the house and to the car (the goal), as she dodges rising caskets that launch corpses hell-bent on tackling her. They all drive off in the car and in the last shot of the film; they all walk to their rented room at the Holiday Inn. Diane is barefoot, bruised, and muddy, yet looks beautifully dissolved. She only has the clothes on her back, but she wears her daughter, alive and asleep in her arms, like the most expensive article of clothing she's ever possessed.

Overall to me, Diane's final look represents the "typical all-American mom night time" outfit. I can vividly picture my own mom sleeping in a similar oversized tee as a child and there's something familiar and comforting about that. I see my own mom in Diane through her wardrobe and my personal investment in her surviving and protecting her children is greatly increased because of it.

"LONG LIVE A MAMA BEAR

IN AN OVERSIZED JERSEY

PROTECTING HER YOUNG!"

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