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| Shyamalan's "Split" boycotted for "portrayal of mental illness, common sense" |
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| Tokthree:
--- Quote from: Mega-Bear on January 21, 2017, 03:30:25 PM ---Rather ignorant thing to say. A mental illness exaggerated for theatric effect is rightly scary and there's nothing wrong with that. But mental illness is such a broad term you're implying everybody with depression to schizophrenia is scary. That's exactly the sort of stigma worth complaining about. Lots of Flash Mob is spawned from violent disorders but you're a fool if you think the average mentally ill person is scary--they're probably just a normal person struggling to get help and function in society. Perhaps get out and meet more people. --- End quote --- ty OT: I don't have a problem with the movie, it's certainly an interesting premise and it's nice for DID to get some attention in the media. The only problem I might have with the movie is in how the protag. is treated; is he portrayed as something to be feared or as a person who needs help from a society that doesn't understand him. If it's the former then that's a real shame, however if it's the latter then I think that's about as good as you can get from a piece of, at least in that set of circumstances, subversive media that aims to take a stigma and attempt to break it down. Obviously I'm not gonna go watch it because cinemas are expensive and I'm a poor uni student (until my friends ask me to do something with them) but eh, I'm sure I'll hear about it somewhere. |
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