Author: Dale Vernor
Hollywood’s Role in Lifting the Stigma of Mental Illness
Through the years, mentally ill individuals have often been portrayed in cinema in ways that are either reductionist or offensive. In some of the worst instances, the mentally ill are characterised as crazy, psychotic serial killers, strapped into straitjackets or hiding behind terrifying masks. Friday The 13th, Psycho, The Silence of The Lambs, and The…