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9. The Date Of Kevin's Last Memory - Split

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In M. Night Shyamalan's terrific Split, you might recall that Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) - a man living with dissociative identity disorder - tells Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) that the last day he remembers is September 18, 2014, which he believes to be the current date.

That may seem like a totally random date at first glance, but it's actually a very specific choice that surreptitiously nods to real-world events relevant to the movie's title.

September 18, 2014 was also the date of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, where Scotland voted on whether or not to split from the United Kingdom.

Given that James McAvoy is himself Scottish, it's entirely possible that he suggested the date to Shyamalan as a reference to his home nation's political situation.

With that in mind, it is relatively surprising that not a single one of Kevin's 23 other personalities ended up being Scottish.

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