HealthDay (4/27, Norton) reports research suggests the movie “Joker” stoked “prejudices against people with mental illnesses.” After randomizing “164 adults to watch either ‘Joker’ or the movie ‘Terminator: Dark Fate,’” investigators “found that shortly after viewing “Joker,” moviegoers showed an uptick in negative feelings toward” people with mental illnesses, while “there was no such change among people who saw a film that was similarly violent, but had no depiction of mental illness.” The findings were published online April 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Did the Movie ‘Joker’ Reinforce Prejudice Against Mentally Ill?, “Amy Norton, HealthDay, April 27, 2020