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House season premier
Posted On: 09/22/2009 17:42:10

So, I have been a fan of House since it started. I was familiar with Hugh Laurie's work on Black Adder, and found him to be an impressive actor. The show has been a Monday night staple in my home.

Last night was the season premier. House is put into a hospitol to recover from vicoden addiction, and is held over for treatment of his other issues. Now, I love puzzles, which is why I am such a fan of the show. This episode wasn't such a puzzle. If only life could be as easy as film and television. Everything is fixed up in a neat little package at the end of the show.

It did say good things about the idea of taking meds. There are a lot of us who don't like to take the meds. I think I am like the character of House, in that I think I will lose who I am on meds. However, I too want to get better. I want to be happy. I have always seen my senses about people as a good thing. I tell my husband that I would not trust it (my bad vibes I get about some people) if it had not been proven correct so many times. It is like it is a safety vest, an instinct that keeps me out of danger. Truth be told, when I have ignored it horrible things have happened to me. But life locked inside four walls is no life either.

The show went overboard with the catatonic woman speaking after being given the music box. Recovery is not a light switch. It isn't so easy. But I would agree that being doped to the gills is no recovery strategie either. It is a fine line and knowlegable doctors know the difference.

But there are medical professionals out there who are out to drain insurance companies and make a buck. But that is a subject for another blog.

We haven't come that far from One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest. I guess we have a lot to do.  



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From: Sandy_Gale
10/01/2009 21:05:43

Definitely.  I missed this.  I think when House stuck a fork in an electrical socket to check out eternity a while back I sort of gave up on the show.  However, agreed Hugh Laurie is  well, dreamy, and an extremely talented dude.

Also, I love Cuckoo's Nest.  It is brutal, but it also has hope.  What cracks me up to this day is when "Chief" says ... I think it's his first line in the film, "Juicy Fruit?"  LOL.

It is SO difficult to find accurate representations of mental illness on TV/film.  We already know this.  There are more independent films and Hallmark Hall of Fame productions that are great -- but no one sees them.  I like how ER incorporated Abbie's bipolar Mom (Sally Field), and now and again I think Law & Order: SVU and other shows have gotten some realistic portrayals.

I do think there is a LOOOOOOOOONG way to go before "mentally healthy" people understand what we experience -- whatever it is.  I really feel you have to climb inside someone's head to REALLY understand.

From: STAGEPROMO
09/24/2009 02:15:47

But back to the REAL subject: Frikken Hugh Laurie is HOT!!! i mean, come on!!!!"Ja ever see him in Annie Lennox vid, "Walkin on Broken Glass" ? It's so great! i think it's him and John Malkovich, an' her in period dress ala Dangeruese Liasonnes` ? ! Oh yeah baby! Hugh Laurie is da bomb!

From: STAGEPROMO
09/24/2009 02:06:15

WILL SAMPSON!!! That was his name! He was so great!

From: STAGEPROMO
09/24/2009 01:59:31

 i really loved native american guy, whomever he may have been...But, as you have stated, we really have not come that far forth in the treatment/ general treatment of brain dis-ease, to this day, ECT treatments are still going on,(crap, i've been solidly shocked quite a few times and other than the knowledge of the searing feeling; i just had to keep on rockin'!), but it didn't make any SOLID differentiation between my working self/depressed self, i have lived with this malady long enuf to differentiate between the two. Possibly singulotomy(Deep Brain Stimulation), maybe that'd do the trick; but i guess i've just accepted, some of us are poured into the EEYORE mold....

From: Trujeepermom
09/23/2009 18:23:19

Check out the movie K-Pax, and Girl Interupted.

From: Trujeepermom
09/23/2009 18:21:50


STAGEPROMO wrote:


i think the obvious allusions to "One Flew..." were fluidly handled. Suicidal kid and staring woman, in place of Brad Dourif and whatever the native american guys name was, were right on the money. Even my kid noticed the obvious resemblance between staring woman and the all to silent native american guy.


"chief" was all I ever heard him called. I was referring to nurse Rachet and the shock treatments...I don't believe labotomy and shock treatments are any help. But I am not a doctor. I just know a few people who have been institutionalized and they are much worse for the wear. In fact, I know one guy who was a normal teen until a hopital got a hold of him. Now people think he has down syndrome or some other form of mental retardation. He was NOT born that way.


As far as chief...sometimes nothing can be said...I hope physiciatry has come further than Cookoo.

From: STAGEPROMO
09/23/2009 18:07:27

i think the obvious allusions to "One Flew..." were fluidly handled. Suicidal kid and staring woman, in place of Brad Dourif and whatever the native american guys name was, were right on the money. Even my kid noticed the obvious resemblance between staring woman and the all to silent native american guy.


Kinda thought HOUSE might try a turn at psychiatry. Think this'll make him come of as a "kinder, gentler House"? Blech! what a bore that would be!

From: steph
09/22/2009 23:45:17

Interesting blog. Thanks.

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