Patch Adams : Movie Analysis : Laughter Is The Best Medicine

50/50 is a different movie compared to usual movies about serious illness. This movie is unique because it is able to strike a great balance between drama and humor to such a profound topic of life and death. Regular movies on illness are sad and dramatic, but the writer of this movie has incorporated right amount of comedy to keep the movie light hearted without losing its resonance. Likewise, since the movie is inspired by a true story, many people who are suffering from the cancer or many people whose friends or family have cancer can get a sense of hope when they are coping with these similar situations.(Add few more sentences-performance..)

The film’s key subject throughout the film was how all of the patients had led sane lives up until the point in which they suffered a mental health crisis. After their crises, they were not able to get out of the system. Their cries, pleas, and screams were not always heard. Many were simply treated with medication forcing them to be permanently institutionalized. I believe that the film’s overall purpose was to increase awareness on the difficulties of treating mental illnesses, not just for the patients, but also for everyone involved. It shows the chaos of the emergency room as patient, physicians, and psychiatrists struggle with mental illness.

Norman Cousins said, “Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions" (Moss 1). Humor is studied by many researchers in sociology, psychology, art, literature, and medicine. When people wonder whether humor aids in areas other than health, a treasure trove of possible benefits to the learning or educational community is opened up. Humor can be used as a tool to promote learning.Research speaks to the many benefits of humor in healing, to its benefits in the classroom or boardroom, from reducing stress of students or employees, to boosting self-esteem and feelings of camaraderie. Additionally, studies show that those who use humor to convey a message are often more favorably perceived. Humor helps deliver the presenter's message to

Based on the real life story of Chris Gardner, the Pursuit of Happyness looks at the crests and troughs in Chris' life on his way to becoming a stock broker, and eventually as everyone knows, a multi-millionaire. Will Smith played the role of Chris Gardner while Smith's son, Jaden Smith played Gardner's 7 or 8-year-old son.

A quote to further explain the theme is, “A couple of years ago, shortly after the incident at the Tuttle Place, Dr. Ahstrom prescribed the Proloftin for my anxiety.” The Tuttle place incident is where Andy died. Douglas went through a really hard time at this period in his life. Andy was his one and only friend. He lost the one person who meant the most to him. This created a lot of anxiety for Douglas and

The playwright was trying to get quite a few messages when he created this play. First of all, I believe he was trying to show social change and the power and potential that an individual has inside of them, despite their circumstances. I think that this play/movie reveals the true messiness of life and how with the right mindset, you can make it through anything you

The movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness” is a film based on a true story of Chris Gardner, where Will Smith shines a tale of rags-to-riches filled with love, family, and outcome of the American dream. Chris Gardner is an American businessman, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist. Based on this real-life story of Chris Gardner, Will Smith takes the role of Christopher Gardner, who was a salesman struggling to satisfy the needs of his wife, Thandie Newton, and their son, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith. With the financial problems, his wife gives up the struggles, abandoning him and their son. Things get worse as Gardner and his son are evicted from their residence leaving them with no option but to try surviving on the streets of San Francisco. They are forced to move from one place to another in the bid to get a shelter wherever they are lucky to get one. The movie demonstrates us how vigorously he is eager to chase his happiness in many burdensome ways. It exhibits how Chris Gardner becomes homeless in the beginning of the movie, but later he becomes a successful dream achiever after putting all his hard work.

Evaluating the film, one may find it is organized into numerous themes such as: love, trust, family, following your dreams, and Christianity. These themes happen to be a strong points in this movie because they all this should be valued. Love is presented through the help of family and friends after the shark attack, the community members that welcomed Bethany home, and the help the youth group showed on their mission trip. During that mission trip, they had to learn to trust her when she offered help. In addition, Bethany had to put her trust in God with her current situation. At first, she was shaky and a little uneasy about it all, but soon she came to know that her faith is all that she really needed. Family is a big theme in this movie, considering it was the foundation in which Bethany was rooted. They were there for her to support her, and help her when she needed them. Although there is no perfect family, we also know how important family is. Additionally, this movie taught that we have to overcome obstacles to achieve our dreams. Everyone has a dream, but few take the necessary to make it come true. Where an individual is from or what they encounter in life cannot stop a dream from coming true. All viewers can relate to something bad

During the end of the 3rd Century, the Playwright Plautus wrote many of the first Roman comedies. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical comedy film adaptation of Plautus's comedies.Set in ancient Rome, many aspects of Roman theatre, including stock characters, were included in the film’s production. While the film is based off of multiple comedies, Plautus's Pseudolus character Calidorus is nearly identical to the film’s Hero. During the time Pseudolus was written, the Crisis of the Third Century led to up to 25% of Roman population being comprised of slaves(Southern). Of the many stock characters Platus included in his comedies, Calidorus/Hero, the son of Pseudolus’s owner and the stock character adulescens, best

The message of this movie is to never give up. To keep going no matter the situation. Chris Gardner did everything he could to provide for his family. Some might think that it was bizarre for Gardner to go for an internship instead of a real job. I thought it was crazy myself. However, when Chris saw how stockbroker was living, he was determined to live that lifestyle. He put aside his circumstances and fought for an opportunity to become wealthy. He knew that working for free would be a difficult task, but he also knew that it would pay off in the

The main character observed was Norman even though it was his birthday and the rivals of his daughter visit. He encounters many emotion’s while on the journey entering late adulthood. Biologically Norman faces fear of aging, but also feeling the past is fading away. Norman attitude changes to due to grief felt as he experiences physical and mental changes, yet it puts relationships in a warp of a tornado. As the movie progress you will see Norman reveal emotions, insecurity, and mental instability and becomes a serious challenge, for example when Norman was lost in the woods he came back running because he was not able to find his way back. With the disease he is encountered with a slow mental decline. Aging adults become very grumpy, arrogant, and impatient, however, Norman will not let go what was once familiar to him, and even if he struggles to claim a command with the younger ones.

Patch Adams is a movie that is based on a true story. It is about a man who has experienced many things in his lifetime, from being institutionalized in a psychiatric ward of a hospital to being a well-respected doctor that heals and calms many people with humor. This movie portrays many aspects of health communication that we have discussed in this class, and it also accurately represents one of the debates currently taking place in the health communication field. In this paper I will review past terms and models such as: physician-centered communication, collaborative communication, and the biopsychosocial model. These terms will be used to help demonstrate that the

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The plurality of biomedical researchers and engineers dedicate their careers to testing the limits of technology and medicine on the human body. However, as innovations become increasingly provocative, the ethics of biomedical research has become quintessential to moving forward into the future of research. I aspire to become a biomedical engineer, but while many of my classes will teach me the raw skills to become an engineer, I feel that a tutorial with Hunter “Patch” Adams would allow me to delve into the ethics of biomedical research in medicine. Patch Adams has spent his life treating patients with an emphasis on their emotional well being, specifically utilizing humor as a complement to treatment. Throughout my life, I too have used humor