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Posted by noa on February 11, 2003, at 18:46:22
I didn't say anything about the quality of the medication, and yes, I'm aware of product placement. I just found the storyline interesting.
And yes, these are characters--I haven't lost touch with reality. But the characters are written by writers and acted by actors and as such are created to have personalities and life stories, and I am intrigued by what is getting revealed in the story about this character's history, family, personality, and relationship with MI, whether in self or someone close to him.
I don't conclude that he has bipolar--certainly not enough info revealed thus far. But it seems the show is dropping hints about the baggage the character carries.
I do think that although the villain in this episode was a man with schizophrenia, the show did good by spending a lot of the episode on the non-violent characters with schizophrenia, and also highlighted their vulnerability to being harmed by other people and by society, rather than their potential to harm us, which is a commonly held assumption.
Posted by noa on February 11, 2003, at 18:48:23
This message, posted by missliz, was moved from PB meds board:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030208/msgs/140516.html
> Uh, guys, these are TV characters, not real people. The guy detective is a genius expert on everything, haven't you noticed? If anything he's eccentric, a creative thinker. This has nothing to do with bipolar, despite the ax Kay Jamison keerps grinding about it.
> The mention of Geodon and Zyprexa were product placement- a type of advertising where a product is included in the storyline or seen in the shot. Manufacturers pay for this, and this was an incredibly clever ploy. Anti psychotics aren't going to go over well in the kind of thirty second spots used for fashion accesory drugs like Paxil or Zoloft, so product placement in a popular TV show is a way to get the name out and "legitimize" the product. It's a psychological ploy to market more drug.
> Lilly has been flogging Zyprexa for everything short opf teenage acne, despite testing scandals and a lot of ugly long term side effects. It gets mentioned a lot on ER, too. This isn't because it's a great drug, but because Lilly paid a big chunk of cash to get it in there.
> It's just advertising. Take it with a grain of salt. Every time you see a movie star drink a Coke onscreen, It means they outbid Pepsi for the product placement rights. Same thing here.
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> missliz
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> Who says a film degree is useless? I know about this stuff.
Posted by gabbix2 on February 11, 2003, at 22:14:22
In reply to Re: Geodon and Zyprexa on Law and Order, posted by noa on February 11, 2003, at 18:48:23
Posted by Dr. Bob on February 12, 2003, at 18:40:42
In reply to Re: Law and Order--move to Psycho-social-Babble, posted by noa on February 11, 2003, at 18:46:22
[Posted by utopizen on February 11, 2003, at 20:03:08
In reply to http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030208/msgs/140516.html]
> > Who says a film degree is useless? I know about this stuff.
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> hey, who know what the coolest word ever is? toyetic- how a movie is marketable in terms of a toy tie-in.
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