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Perpetuating Mental Illness Stigma
PostedJuly 19, 2008
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from Chicago
I am writing you after having just seen the movie Batman. I am outraged to say that this Blockbuster has done an injustice to the people all over this nation who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness. In the movie, Jokers hitch men are portrayed as (quote from the movie) "paranoid schizophrenic" and "my master told me that if I did this, then the voices would stop." These were the people who helped Joker maim and murder the innocent Gothic city citizens. Joker, himself, was portrayed as being crazy, a mental case, hence the reason he enjoyed all the death, destruction, and mental games he planned and participated in. I went tonight to be entertained. I left feeling outraged. Once again, the entertainment industry is perpetuating the message that mentally ill people are dangerous. Mentally ill people are violent. The cause of evilness is mental illness. This is just not the case. I am writing this to send out a voice of awareness. My hope is that I open your eyes to what you are really watching on that screen... a stereotype being perpetuated, which in turn leads to unjust prejudice and discrimination.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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