Jimgym
28-08-11, 14:51
Hi Everyone,
Didn't know where to put this so I'm hoping this is the right place! I'm new to this forum and someone might have brought this up before - apologies if so...
It seems a lot of TV I'm watching recently has a character with anxiety problems. Examples I can think of are Hank from Breaking Bad, Tony Soprano from the Sopranos, Monk...I've never watched Glee but I've heard that one of the characters suffers from OCD.
Has it become trendy to have a character with an anxiety disorder? Is this a kind of drug company 'product placement'?
I'm just wondering what you guys think about it? Is it a positive portrayal? I'm a bit mixed on the issue - I feel that portraying Tony Soprano with panic disorder might change peoples' views on panic attacks. Where as, in Monk it's almost as if the show portrays Monk in a bad way...making fun of his OCD.
Any other shows you know about which include characters with anxiety let me know!
Jim
Didn't know where to put this so I'm hoping this is the right place! I'm new to this forum and someone might have brought this up before - apologies if so...
It seems a lot of TV I'm watching recently has a character with anxiety problems. Examples I can think of are Hank from Breaking Bad, Tony Soprano from the Sopranos, Monk...I've never watched Glee but I've heard that one of the characters suffers from OCD.
Has it become trendy to have a character with an anxiety disorder? Is this a kind of drug company 'product placement'?
I'm just wondering what you guys think about it? Is it a positive portrayal? I'm a bit mixed on the issue - I feel that portraying Tony Soprano with panic disorder might change peoples' views on panic attacks. Where as, in Monk it's almost as if the show portrays Monk in a bad way...making fun of his OCD.
Any other shows you know about which include characters with anxiety let me know!
Jim