I found this article weeks ago and wanted to do it for my Cultural Commentary but decided to wait until the Oscars were over.
Is Hollywood glorifying mental illness? Or is it one last genre that can scare the hell out of us because the horrors and tension of psychological thrillers come not from super powers or a shadowed figure with a knife... the fear we experience comes from the possibilities? Could that be us?
What defines "crazy" and why when a man takes a role dealing with mental health issues, are we less afraid (example: A Beautiful Mind?)
Perhaps the "crazy chick" is more than that. It seems to be such a phenomenon. We watch them on TV as Real Housewives, we watch them battle it out on the Jersey Shore, and we mock them as they make fools of themselves during American Idol auditions, and we follow their lives on TMZ... always wondering what will they do next?
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