Fontana - Dead Wives' Club
Our attention is drawn to Fontana's "nice ride" twice in this episode. When we finally see the silver convertible, few details are visible. What make and model is his car?
shareWhile this show remains my favourite of all time, naturally there will be verdicts that I dislike.
In the episode about a PhD offering alternative treatments for breast cancer, the concept of stepping away from traditional medicine is ridiculed. Jack's dismay that all the women who tried treatments besides chemo, radiation and mastectomy was over the top. It suggested that all women who followed medical protocol would have eternal life. The sad fact is that the cancer kills. My own mother underwent surgery but rejected the follow-up "treatments", and has remained cancer-free for 22 years. Similarly, my grandfather refused all treatment for colon polyps, survived for 15 years, dying of a Parkinson's-related disease.
In the "Mother's Milk" episode, women who choose to breastfeed are portrayed as narrow-minded fanatics.
In the L&O: SVU episode based on the Casey Anthony case, a mother is vilified for choosing not to vaccinate her child.
I wish that the writers & all those involved in the final story would think more carefully about people's right to choose. And show some respect for communities such as the Amish, who eschew modern medicine, yet have thrived since the 16th century!
Presenting alternative viewpoints is fine, as it illustrates human nature. But to malign and ridicule families is a step too far toward that "slippery slope". We *must* be allowed to make informed decisions about our own bodies.
Pax.
The Amish are morons, rejecting modern science is stupid. I know that some alternative treatments do work, especially for cancer, a disease where there is no good cure, but it is a fact that certain practitioners and followers of alternative treatments are just right wing nut jobs who believe their god opposes modern medicine or conspiracy theorists that believe crap such as vaccines causing autism and other BS that has been scientifically debunked. So it's good to be cynical about these people because people have died because of these right wingers who reject medicine.
shareAt least you know they'll never read this. BTW most of the anti-vax/alternative medicine crowd is on the left of the political spectrum, not the right.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
I am glad your mother has been doing well.
Please do not take offense, but they purposely put that disclaimer at the beginning of each episode for those reasons. If they had to think about every side of the equation while writing, they would never finish. They also need to make it entertaining. It's infuriated you enough to talk about it. Sometimes that's all it takes.
As for any series, the writers are going to take a side, whether it is blatant or subtle. You can either remember it's fictional, & be able to watch it. Or only watch shows that agree with your viewpoint. Take Designated Survivor, as political as a show can get. So of course you have people who claim it's one side, & they won't watch anymore. But it's a political type show, it had to take a side. It doesn't matter to me that it has a particular side, because I know it's fictional, & it has no bearing on my real life. I watch it because I like the actors & the story line. I may disagree with certain statements, but it would be boring if all it got out of me was one emotion.
the concept of stepping away from traditional medicine is ridiculed. Jack's dismay that all the women who tried treatments besides chemo, radiation and mastectomy was over the top. It suggested that all women who followed medical protocol would have eternal life.The episode said no such thing. The idea of seeking alternative treatment was not ridiculed - the case was focused solely on one alternative treatment provider who was not being honest with her clients. It was suggested that some of them might have lived longer with traditional treatment, not that they would have lived forever or been magically cured.
In the "Mother's Milk" episode, women who choose to breastfeed are portrayed as narrow-minded fanatics.Again, not true. The hospital counselor who advocated breast-feeding was portrayed as rigid and insensitive to the situation of the young mother who was the defendant, but women choosing to breast-feed were not portrayed as fanatics - in fact no other new mothers, breast-feedling or otherwise, were shown in the story at all. Breast-feeding in and of itself was not portrayed as anything negative. The point of the story was that any method of feeding would have been better than letting the baby starve to death - a point I trust you're not going to argue with. share