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MartinScorsese t1_iy835lv wrote

> Do movies like Smile (2022) further stigmatize mental health?

No.

> On a side note, has anyone noticed that most of the movies in which protagonist is going insane and is affected by it, 90 % if the cases are showed to be women.

I don't think this is the case at all, for two reasons.

  1. It is fairly common to see films about men struggling with mental health. The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, The Good Nurse, Close, and Spiderhead are good recent examples.

  2. In many films where the female protagonist "goes insane," she is actually completely rational and in an extraordinary or supernatural situation. This is not "casual sexism," but often a comment on the nature of gaslighting (2020's The Invisible Man is a great example of this).

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Alternative-Cold-290 OP t1_iy83p5t wrote

Thank you, I would like to hear your reasoning for saying no. At the same time, I am not talking about the mental health issues, its about how they lose sight of things that are happening in their surrounding. I have watched Turkish and Indian movies and the trend tends to repeat itself.

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MartinScorsese t1_iy84133 wrote

> Thank you, I would like to hear your reasoning for saying no.

For as long as horror films have been around, they have used scary characters and situations as metaphors, exploring our most primal anxieties and fears. One of the most common fears is losing our minds, or sense of self. If anything, Smile empathizes with mental health struggles.

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