tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post4902515281819590399..comments2024-03-28T11:52:29.432-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Storyteller’s Rulebook: Audiences Hate TherapistsMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-71747186344011742452017-03-23T08:45:51.788-04:002017-03-23T08:45:51.788-04:00Externally depict, in images, the internal emotio...Externally depict, in images, the internal emotions of your hero. <br /><br />This is the ultimate screenwriters challenge.<br /><br />I would agree that having Robin Williams tells us what's going on inside Matt Damons head feels a bit like a get out of cheap expostion free card.<br /><br />Any ideas on how to re-boot the therapist genre?m so that audiences like it?Glenhttps://glenrantsonmovies.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-89429226186574422112017-03-20T05:44:09.864-04:002017-03-20T05:44:09.864-04:00“It’s all your parents’ fault. Sue them.” repeated...“It’s all your parents’ fault. Sue them.” repeated ad nauseam is also common. iRL, I mean. Usually a few other people who might get you off that therapist also get plenty blame, but most of it goes to the parents. <br />I’ve been to such a therapist. Good thing I really have trust-issues, because according to internet, that con usually works. <br /><br /><br />on topic: Another reason why people hate therapists in movies might be that they are unrealistic. They always know what’s going on in other people, while RL therapists have no clue. They’ve learned symptoms of common disorders and a few manipulation tricks that they can use either way, but definitely not telepathy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-12637873936908464052017-03-19T18:27:13.747-04:002017-03-19T18:27:13.747-04:00I have heard that the most effective way to be a t...I have heard that the most effective way to be a therapist is to repeat the phrase "it's not your fault" until Matt Damon criesJames Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342773800742515957noreply@blogger.com