Alopecia World
www.alopeciaworld.com
Alopecia in a TV comedy
Hello,
Is it good or bad to have Alopecia talked about in the media if it is meant in a joking manner? I just watched, to my detriment, I hate my teenage daughter. The show is real bad.
One of the mom's on the show joked twice about her childhood and having alopecia. The first joke was in passing, she listed all of her other problems along with alopecia. The second joke prompted this post. She joked about having to wear a bow on the top of her head to cover her alopecia.
So do you think it is ok to have such jokes made about a disease we all take very seriously?
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Lili on
-
Hmm... Hard to say. If she was making it to lighten her load and try to see humour in order to cope, then no. One thing I've noticed lately that really upsets me, is all the comedy making fun of bald people in a really derogatory manner. I recently saw the movie Bridesmaids, and there is one part where the love interest talks about how his sister was so stressed ou while being a bridesmaid, that her hair started falling out... And that it was "gross", but that at least her hair grew back. I felt like crap after watching this. Also, in the same movie, her evil, dumb roommate that you're supposed to dislike in the movie is a bald guy with no eyebrows. Edited to add the same actor is on a show called little britain, and one character he plays is a vulgar woman who hits on men and is obviously portrayed as gross and unnattractive. In one skit, she is gambling and throws everything she owns, even taking off her dress and using it to gamble. Then, she whips off her wig and is bald underneath.
-
-
Ohhhhhh...kay. I'm happy to hear that he really has alopecia... I love Little Britain. I don't think finding humour in is bad and I think if it lightens your experience it can be helpful. But like Lilybell. I'm still pissed off that they called hair loss gross on Bridesmaids... That's abit different I think...
-
Permalink Reply by Karen Smith on
-
I cringed when I saw this joke also.You don't see joking about other autoimmune diseases so I am not sure why a writer would find alopecia a joking matter, very insensitive. I think you have to just not let this stuff get to you.
-
Permalink Reply by kastababy on
-
Part of "coping" and coming to acceptance is NOT to take alopecia so seriously. Why not try to see the humor in it? My personal favorite is whenever it rains, I run around screaming, "Look at what the beautician did to my hair!" with my chrome dome out for the world to see. Whenever people around me complain about how much trouble they have with their own hair, I just say, "You know, I do too. I mean, look how hard it is to style this mess!" and pat my own shiny bald head.
I honestly believe that if we, as alopecians, stop taking this so seriously it would do wonders for our dispositions. While I recognize the gravity of having alopecia, I also have come to the conclusion that 29 years into this journey, there REALLY are thing in life that are FAR more important than having hair.
Now, if the joke were simply not funny because the person is not funny, then that's a wholly different story....
-
Permalink Reply by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on
-
Personally I make jokes all the time about my baldness. Why the hell not? If I'm not making a comment about being a hairless (pussycat) or never having a bad hair day .... even my friends crack a joke once in awhile .... especially never having to shave my legs. Life's too short (and my hair :P) to see the humour in things. Granted there is days that I'm not always so cheerful but that would be the same even if I didn't have alopecia.
-
Permalink Reply by Cheryl, Co-founder on
-
I am with you on this one Yokasta. We joke about alopecia all the time, the other day rj told me that he liked my hair. I responded, "Really, I parted it on the other side this morning." In fact, my mother-in-law, told me that "She loves me... just don't grow any hair". Now, do I really believe that if I grew hair that she would stop loving me?! If I took her seriously I would.
I am actually glad when people are able to be themselves around me and not feel that they are walking on eggshell about my alopecia.
-
Permalink Reply by Daria on
-
That's funny. I work in a hair salon and tease my boss that if he ever pisses me off I'm going to run around the salon yelling "look what he did to my hair!!!!"
-
-
I do that every time it rains anyway. LMAO!!!
I also randomly walk into hair salons and ask for a shampoo and style, just for the reaction. It's great!
-
-
I have often thought about walking into a salon and asking for a cut and colour .
-
Permalink Reply by LilyBell*Murphy'sLawLuvsMe on
-
As the old line says there is a difference between laughing with someone and laughing at them. I really am not a fan of making fun of someone even if joking in a "good natured way" because you never know how that person will take it. If I have alopecia and I choose to make fun of it - feel free to join in - If you don't have alopecia then don't make fun of it. Just how I feel about it.
Lili I get what you are saying - I did not like that part of the movie for the same reasons you expressed
© 2024 Created by Alopecia World.
Powered by
