Headscratchers / The Parent Trap (1961)

• What kind of camp has an isolation cabin as a punishment? So, kids who misbehave end up having their parents' money wasted for an entire summer without the parents' knowledge? Wouldn't the camp just kick them out and send them home rather than wasting resources on kids who won't be using them?
  • It's some old BS about forcing them to come to an understanding so they'll start being nice to each other. It's more Fridge Horror when you think about what would happen if they tried this in an obvious one-sided case of bullying.
    • Who says they would? Also, campers probably only have to stay in the cabin until "the problem is resolved". The twins could have pretended they were still fighting, having themselves restricted for longer and longer, because they needed to spend most of their time together in order to prepare for the switch.
  • Forget the interpersonal dynamics: Who in their right mind would "isolate" two pre-teen children alone in a cabin away from all the others with no supervision at all? Most camp cabins have a counselor assigned to each one to handle problems and oversee behavior. One bad accident and it would be lawsuit city.
  • For all we know, there could have been supervision in the form of daily check-ups to make sure the girls were keeping the cabin tidy - we just don't see it. And perhaps they did participate in the other camp activities too. We just focus on the girls learning the details about each other because the other stuff isn't important to the plot.
  • Also while initially we're treated to this long walk out to a supposedly isolated cabin later we see other girls running about and the cabin appears much closer to the main facility. Given that we see the cabin leaking quite a bit they may have been moved to a cabin closer to the others after their initial reconciliation then self isolated by choice the rest of the time to get to know each other better. Also did anyone notice the cabin name is Serendipity?