Monday, February 25, 2008

Winnie the pooh characters as mental disorders.

What is Disney thinking? First the seven dwarfs, now this! Why play into such unfortunate stereotypes?

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Starting with Tigger. Obvious case of ADHD. Pigglet is an anxiety poster pig. Rabbit is a closeted homosexual and loner. Owl is OCD. E-ore is depressive and potentially suicidal. Christopher Robin is schizophrenic and living in an illusion half the time. And poor poor Pooh, I pray he can overcome his addiction... but his mind is lost forever.

What is the disney agenda? And more importantly, what does it say about our culture, and human psychology, that the flawed are praised so?

Note: This isn't as unique as I hoped, here is another similar and interesting take on it by the Canadian Medical Journal.