Kung Fu & Karate, Jackets & Chores
In 1984, John G Avildsen’s The Karate Kid got a lot of people interested in karate and taught a generation things like discipline,...
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Mitch Blatt
- Jun 1
- 4 min
Unlikely Pairing Has Enriching Upside
Neil Burger’s 2017 comedy-drama film The Upside stars Bryan Cranston as wealthy quadraplegic Phillip Lacasse, and Kevin Hart as Dell...
Mitch Blatt
- Jan 1
- 7 min
Putting Malignant Under the Microscope
James Wan’s 2021 horror movie Malignant has been jokingly described online as “a film about siblings who have each other’s backs,” but...
Mitch Blatt
- Oct 8, 2021
- 7 min
Fear of Rain, Fear of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia seems like a ripe plot device for horror or thriller movies, since the protagonist can see or hear things other characters...
Scott Hatley
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
A Beautiful Mind vs The Theory of Everything
The prevalence of Hollywood movies with protagonists experiencing a disability or significant barrier has risen exponentially in the past...
Mitch Blatt
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
TNT’s Perception has an “Obsession” with Schizophrenia
In the TNT drama Perception, Daniel Pierce (Eric McCormack) is a professor of neuroscience at Chicago Lake Michigan University who...
Mitch Blatt
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
Frozen II’s Enchanted Forest Transforms Mental & Emotional Health Stigmas
by Mitch Blatt Media can do a lot to shape how people think of a thing. Kids’ cartoons have relatively ham-fisted morals to try and teach...
The Understanding
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
Mental Health Awareness Month
I don’t know about you, but one of the first things I think of in association with “mental health” is “stigma”