Research Paper On Skam

For the past few weeks, I have found myself binging a small Norwegian show titled Skam. Its plot line is simple and focused on the lives of average teenagers. But this show is special and does something unlike the majority of shows being broadcasted on our screens. What Skam does is it represents a demographic that is readily ignored in all other forms of media: the mentally ill. In addition, the writer of the show used her influence to portray them accurately. It's all too common in modern day media that certain groups of people are portrayed in ways that don't reflect their everyday lifestyles or that make a stereotypical caricature out of them. When you lack images of yourself in the art and media that claims to showcase the world – or …show more content…
Many shows like to take a “crazy” person and put them through therapies and treatments that end up being “ineffective”. After failing to improve after one attempt, most shows show the character giving up. It spreads the message of learning hopelessness and that they should just accept that they can't get any better. Even worse, the media can unconsciously promote that they only way for a person to escape is through death. Realistically, the answer would be to find a new therapist or find another treatment. There isn't a single psychological disorder known in science that can't be treated effectively. Every other approach to mental disorder tries to romanticize it in an attempt to making them feel like they are desirable. While it is a nice gesture, it ultimately leads to another case of your Manic Pixie Dream Girl/Boy. Someone's bipolar disorder will be taken as an opportunity to write in a crazy, wild adventure without the thought of consequences and then ignore what happens after. What happens is a deep depression that weighs down on every ounce of the MPDG. Reality is often set aside for the sake of every female character John Green’s fever dreams have conjured