
Bluemoon
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Annoying line in Stargate SG-1 regarding Schizophrenia - mis-education of the illness.
I was watching an episode of Stargate SG-1 over the weekend and there was a story line about one of the leads having two personalities inside of them after blending with a symbiont - one of the main leads said, "Now I can imagine what it's like to be Schizophrenic."
Now for the audiences benefit the character said, "It's a mental illness - when two minds develop in the one body. . . "
My dad was with me at the time and he looked across at me, I just said that was a really bad mistake on the writers part and considering that this is a sci-fi show the writers should be a aware of this. It also happens with films like "Me, myself and Irene" who's main story line is using the wrong definition of schizophrenia, the fact that they are making fun of it in this film disgusts me anyway.
I think it's a really bad move that story writers do this because they should do their research before using a mental illness in a storyline, it mis-educates viewers on what the true meaning of the illness is. I've met many people over the years who have this wrong idea of the schizophrenia and when I correct them they insist that what they say is right - until they look it up that is.
How does everyone else feel about this ?
I was watching an episode of Stargate SG-1 over the weekend and there was a story line about one of the leads having two personalities inside of them after blending with a symbiont - one of the main leads said, "Now I can imagine what it's like to be Schizophrenic."
Now for the audiences benefit the character said, "It's a mental illness - when two minds develop in the one body. . . "
My dad was with me at the time and he looked across at me, I just said that was a really bad mistake on the writers part and considering that this is a sci-fi show the writers should be a aware of this. It also happens with films like "Me, myself and Irene" who's main story line is using the wrong definition of schizophrenia, the fact that they are making fun of it in this film disgusts me anyway.
I think it's a really bad move that story writers do this because they should do their research before using a mental illness in a storyline, it mis-educates viewers on what the true meaning of the illness is. I've met many people over the years who have this wrong idea of the schizophrenia and when I correct them they insist that what they say is right - until they look it up that is.
How does everyone else feel about this ?