60 minutes
Oct. 3rd, 2005 09:41 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
penguin001.livejournal.com posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
multiplicity_archivesQuite honestly the 60 Min thing wasn't quite what I was expecting. Robert Oxnam is successful, showing that not all multiples are failures and can't function. Also the fact that he hid it for so long attributes to that. I feel it also attributes to the fact that multiples are scared of coming out. Why? Because of the negative view on it. Sure, Cybill allowed a lot of people that were multiple come out, but there's been that stigma that multiples can't function with the general public.
A few things he said struck me funny, but I realize he was trying to explain it in a way that a mass group of non-multiples would understand. I know that it would offend some, but honestly, it's difficult to explain somethings to the general public in a way that they will understand. He did a good job of explaining it so that it didn't seem as though multiples are crazy fanatics. He was also able to laugh about it himself. I know for me, that's something hard to do. It's hard to laugh when you wake up in a place that you shouldn't be, and stuff around you has obviously changed.
They also covered how some people don't believe that DID/MPD doesn't exist at all and it's all bad Dr.s implanting and warping the views of their patients. The guy interviewed pointed out that he knew what he knew before he talked to a Dr.
So, overall, I feel the show did a good job of blowing up some bad stereo-types, but at the same time, making is seem like it's not as big of a deal because of the comparisions used. Some internal conflict was covered, but not too much. I feel like it was a swing in the opposite direction, so hopefully some balance will be found.
A few things he said struck me funny, but I realize he was trying to explain it in a way that a mass group of non-multiples would understand. I know that it would offend some, but honestly, it's difficult to explain somethings to the general public in a way that they will understand. He did a good job of explaining it so that it didn't seem as though multiples are crazy fanatics. He was also able to laugh about it himself. I know for me, that's something hard to do. It's hard to laugh when you wake up in a place that you shouldn't be, and stuff around you has obviously changed.
They also covered how some people don't believe that DID/MPD doesn't exist at all and it's all bad Dr.s implanting and warping the views of their patients. The guy interviewed pointed out that he knew what he knew before he talked to a Dr.
So, overall, I feel the show did a good job of blowing up some bad stereo-types, but at the same time, making is seem like it's not as big of a deal because of the comparisions used. Some internal conflict was covered, but not too much. I feel like it was a swing in the opposite direction, so hopefully some balance will be found.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 07:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 12:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 06:47 pm (UTC)i will email you my address.
no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 03:02 pm (UTC)