Patch Adams, Truman, en "Patch Adams"
Patch Adams Is an eccentric, a pacifist, a madman, a buffoon, a charlatan, a visionary, a revolutionary, a visionary ...?, or maybe a doctor constructed from a special alloy and resistant? It seems that during their academic qualifications obtained in the Faculty of Medicine of Virginia were exceptional ... therefore, from the orthodoxy of Chairs us give the benefit of the doubt.
One of the virtues of the film is to change reality. Therein lies its magic. So entertain us, fascinates us, seduces us. When see a movie based on a book and then reread its pages, the look of the characters will move in our literary imagination, such identification being changed forever. For these reasons so subtle became Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller , Superman Christopher Reeve in , Don Vito Corleone in Marlon Brando, in Dracula Bela Lugosi , Josef Mengele in Gregory Peck and Patch Adams Robin Williams in . Completely reverse process occurred with Charlot, for example, because Charles Chaplin has become inextricably metamorphosed into its endearing character.
met the real Patch Adams in anecdotal circumstances. After listening for three hours an endless debate of experts on the treatment of hypertension, a stormy headache caused me much discomfort that kept me distracted. Then Dr. Adams made his appearance, stealthy. Indeed, it seemed the antithesis of Robin Williams, very high (1.93 to 1.73 meters in front of the actor), dressed in a bizarre (his usual uniform to provoke emotions), blue hair tied in a long ponytail and a mustache with twisted ends up. Lobe of his left ear hung a fork-shaped pendant ...
The real Patch Adams
Un calor tedioso atenazaba the hall, the audience, comprised mostly of physicians, did not seem to be too much for the work. My headache disappeared when I concentrated on a short video showing a Patch Adams Park Arequipa (Peru ) following a small with cerebral palsy sitting in a wheelchair. Suddenly, I understood his message, the central idea on which the film deals "Patch Adams" ( Tom Shadyac, 1998), a simple maximum perhaps too often forgotten because of our daily professional negligence, and is almost we inadvertently used to treat diseases and not sick.
The greatest sin of modern medicine lies in their dehumanization. The patients were converted to numbers, codes, are pigeonholed in diseases such compartments where compassion is absent, while the only important thing are the numbers, waiting lists, average times, length of hospital stays, budgeting, expenditure on medicines ... Upon entering a hospital, we lose our essence, our individuality, becoming the most helpless prisoners of anonymity. And primary care, often with the complicity involuntary patients themselves also neglected its main responsibility, as everyone seems to have forgotten the meaning of health and quality of life.
FILM
Indeed, Patch Adams was not too happy with the result same, especially the difference between their fees and Robin Williams took home in his pockets ... In his own words, while the film helped to popularize its modus operandi , has not brought greater benefits to your project: building a free hospital entertaining and original in the middle of the forests of Pocahontas County , in West Virginia.
screenplay by Steve Oederkerk , based on the book "Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter" , written by the Patch Adams and Maureen Mylander . She is the coauthor of " Gesundheit! ", a second book written by Dr. Adams and defined as the first bestseller behind the film. The original edition has helped me to collect from the first some of these information sources, such as veracity of the scene of the movie Patch Adams which fills a room with balloons, so the people inside, still unable to see, perceive perfectly the movement of the other "guests".
Children and Patch Adams's adolescence was marked for death: first, the father's military career veteran of World War II and Korea, the victim of a stress disorder disorder and died of a heart attack. The father figure was replaced by an uncle, who unfortunately end up committing suicide.
pacth was a sickly boy, hit by a terrible peptic ulcers (based on treated Gelusil ®, Librium ® and Rubinol ® ). dropped out of school and voluntarily entered a psychiatric institution, the Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. It is true that in the wake of that particular experience (living in the same room with Rudy, a psychiatric patient) found "light", ie the immense healing power of love, communication and fun. Decided to become a "student of life", a kind of healing sociologist interested in the infinite variability of human behavior. Another reliable data that appears in the film is the experiment carried out by Patch Adams, indiscriminately calling wrong numbers on the phone to talk to people, or spontaneity initiated talks with strangers on the street, in bars, even in elevators in public buildings. Heeding his own words, was to attend both meetings of the Ku Klux Klan as those of the Black Muslims , trying to understand their ideas ...
addition to studying medicine, his self-training led him to read the works of the classics, from Plato and other Greek philosophers to the masters of world literature as William Faulkner or Thomas Mann. And also read Nikos Kazantzakis , especially "Zorba the Greek" . In our memory now comes the exceptional performance that Anthony Quinn was of such vital character in "Zorba the Greek" ( Michael Cacoyannis , 1964).
According to Dr. Adams himself, cinema and literature have served to know the idiosyncrasies of other countries. In the case of Spain , confessed his fondness for the works of Pedro Almodovar and Alejandro Amenabar , in our humble opinion exceptional artists, but with a very personal vision of reality that may inevitably distort ... With regard to professional models of university stage, Patch Adams confessed devotee doctors Albert Schweitzer ("in honor of his impressive mustache?) and Thomas A. Dooley .
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Dr. Thomas A. Dooley
Perhaps the film has damaged the ontology of Patch Adams, perhaps focusing on precision (Patch did not graduate with her ass in the air) and funny anecdotes to attract the viewer into the lockers. He probably represents only a charlatan, an egotist, a excétrico or a visionary. But for some of us, this film has helped to discover a very special colleague, offered us humanize our profession, awakening our consciences ossified devastating truths, real punches innocent camouflaged under the influence of a red clown nose.
On this movie there is a highly recommended test signed by Steven C. Scheer in his book "Hollywood Values" , available at the following link:
http://www.stevencscheer.com/patchadams.htm
CINEFAGIA
In the movie, Patch Adams knows Corinne Fisher (Monica Potter ), a fellow faculty turn out to be his girlfriend. This character never exitsió in reality, but is inspired by Linda Edquist , the true wife of the protagonist.
Like any public figure and famous, Patch Adams has not managed to steer clear of controversy. Linda was married to him for 26 years and had two children, but are now divorced. Patch Adams has left the practice of medicine and has turned to its recreational and therapeutic movement trying to raise funds for the hospital "comic" Linda says it has raised more than a million dollars ... He says he has never earned a cent from the practice of medicine ...
Perhaps inspired similar proposals, there are movements featuring doctors and other professionals seeking to create a warm and humane environment for inpatients, such as the Red Ball Doctors:
http : / / www.doctoresbolaroja.com / doctoresbolaroja.html
And like any film that is provided, the real Dr. Hunter Patch Adams also made a cameo, appearing to the public listening to the allegation that the protagonist does in his own defense against those who want to prevent graduation.
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