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Script(ing) Treatment: Representations of Recovery from Addiction in Hollywood Film

Script(ing) Treatment: Representations of Recovery from Addiction in Hollywood Film American films and television programs increasingly feature characters recovering from addiction. These representations are based on previous depictions and help create a cultural understanding of addicts. This study analyzes the depiction of addicts and addiction in three Hollywood films whose narratives are largely situated within a treatment center: Clean and Sober (1988), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and 28 Days (2000). It concludes that the films depict a stock experience of treatment that is surprisingly univocal, as well as unrealistic when compared with the availability and realities of real-life programs. In addition, the films limit their representations of successful recovery to white, upper-class individuals and offer only one conceptual framework for addiction. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Drug Problems SAGE

Script(ing) Treatment: Representations of Recovery from Addiction in Hollywood Film

Hersey, Curt
Contemporary Drug Problems , Volume 32 (3): 27 – Sep 1, 2005
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© 2005 SAGE Publications
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0091-4509
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10.1177/009145090503200308
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Abstract

American films and television programs increasingly feature characters recovering from addiction. These representations are based on previous depictions and help create a cultural understanding of addicts. This study analyzes the depiction of addicts and addiction in three Hollywood films whose narratives are largely situated within a treatment center: Clean and Sober (1988), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and 28 Days (2000). It concludes that the films depict a stock experience of treatment that is surprisingly univocal, as well as unrealistic when compared with the availability and realities of real-life programs. In addition, the films limit their representations of successful recovery to white, upper-class individuals and offer only one conceptual framework for addiction.

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Contemporary Drug Problems – SAGE

Published: Sep 1, 2005

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