I knew Rocky quite well and the movie is pure fiction in regards to the portrayal of his mother. She was a prostitute who, while Rocky and I we were in the hospital, was busted for turning tricks in Rocky's hospital bed, stealing drugs, needles, selling drugs, and stealing other patient's personal belongings. The hospital, being charitable, decided not to have her arrested; she was placed on a "guarded list" which meant that in order to see Rocky she had to be escorted by a guard who never let her out of his sight until she was escorted to the parking lot. The movie makes her out to be a concerned mother who was a saint. That is pure rubbish. She was such a "good" mother that the county considered putting Rocky in foster care. She would disappear for weeks at a time and Rocky would have to fend for himself living off the goodness of neighbours who fed him. He was a brilliant young man. He was a biker-kid, so pretty rough around the edges, but he was fun to be around and he was absolutely brilliant.
Review of Mask
