If you think that people who obsess over weight (and take Anoretix capsules more than they eat real food) have problems, think again. There are people who have waaaayyyyy bigger problems than that.
There’s a new TV show that deals with the controversial psychiatric diagnosis called dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder). The show is called The United States of Tara and was picked up for a full season by the cable network ‘Showtime’.
The show’s premise (a mother with DID struglling to maintain order in her dysfunctional family) is quite tricky first because DID is controversial in the way that there’s this great debate as to whether it is a real disease or not. Most diagnoses of this condition are confined in North America, that’s why. Second, tackling mental illness in a show that is supposed to be humorous may lead to a lot of social criticisms if not handled well.
But the real pull of this show will be the three names behind it - it is created by Steven Spielberg, developed by Diablo Cody (screenwriter of Juno), and stars Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense).
@gravity, toni collette does amazing work here, as always. I've watched the pilot (thanks to "torrent", shhh…) 
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oh, this sounds exciting. i love toni collette in little miss sunshine. she’s a great actress =)
Posted by gravity at January 18, 2009, 7:02 pm