Film with a Message
Jack Nicholson (blue shirt) portrays the character R. P. McMurphy in the 1975 classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In the film, McMurphy fakes the symptoms of a psychological disorder to get admitted into a mental hospital, where he and his fellow inmates are manipulated and abused. Although the movie deviated somewhat from reality, it did raise awareness about the problems with American mental institutions (Goodfriend, 2012, May 22).
Jack Nicholson (blue shirt) portrays the character R. P. McMurphy in the 1975 classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In the film, McMurphy fakes the symptoms of a psychological disorder to get admitted into a mental hospital, where he and his fellow inmates are manipulated and abused. Although the movie deviated somewhat from reality, it did raise awareness about the problems with American mental institutions (Goodfriend, 2012, May 22).
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