Smashed is a movie about a young woman named Kate, and her struggle with alcohol addiction and sobriety. Kate is a 1st grade teacher who is mixed up in a lie after throwing up in front of her class, and convincing everyone that she was pregnant. Mr. Davies, the vice principal, is the first person she confronts about this lie, and explains that the reason why she threw up was because she was hungover from the night before. As the movie progress, we find out that Mr. Davies was an alcoholic and a heavy cocaine user, but with the help of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) he was able to sober up. Kate, eventually decides that sobering up would be the best for her, and takes the first few steps in changing her life. She attends
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This movie deals with alcoholism and substance abuse, and shows us how being under the influence can change our way of looking at life. One thing that l learned from the previous chapter that was included in this movie, was the three short terms of alcohol consumption: disinhibited behavior, nausea, and decreased perception and coordination. I believe you chose this movie, because it ties in perfectly with our previous read, and that we are able to point out some of the certain things we had learned. Kate showed disinhibited behavior in the beginning of the movie when she was under the influence of alcohol and crack, and was telling her childhood story to two complete strangers; she had also displayed this behavior in the scene where she entered an alcohol store and peed on the floor. In addition, nausea also played a (huge) role in this movie because it was due to her throwing up that her students thought she was pregnant, thus spinning herself deeper and deeper into a lie that she had slowly eating away at her. Lastly, decreased perception and coordination could be seen in the scenes when she was drunkenly riding a bicycle on the street while a car behind her honked and tried to get pass her. I found this movie to be very useful and helpful when it came to tying it in with Chapter 7 and Chapter 8, and l can understand why you would choose
This movie deals with alcoholism and substance abuse, and shows us how being under the influence can change our way of looking at life. One thing that l learned from the previous chapter that was included in this movie, was the three short terms of alcohol consumption: disinhibited behavior, nausea, and decreased perception and coordination. I believe you chose this movie, because it ties in perfectly with our previous read, and that we are able to point out some of the certain things we had learned. Kate showed disinhibited behavior in the beginning of the movie when she was under the influence of alcohol and crack, and was telling her childhood story to two complete strangers; she had also displayed this behavior in the scene where she entered an alcohol store and peed on the floor. In addition, nausea also played a (huge) role in this movie because it was due to her throwing up that her students thought she was pregnant, thus spinning herself deeper and deeper into a lie that she had slowly eating away at her. Lastly, decreased perception and coordination could be seen in the scenes when she was drunkenly riding a bicycle on the street while a car behind her honked and tried to get pass her. I found this movie to be very useful and helpful when it came to tying it in with Chapter 7 and Chapter 8, and l can understand why you would choose