Crazy ex girlfriend is an important show
I tried to explain the plot of crazy ex girlfriend to my friend and they cut me off to explain how the idea of a mentally ill woman pursuing a guy who is in a relationship is "ableist", until I explained that the writer herself has BPD and it was comedy exploring those themes.
But that got me thinking what version of mentally ill was she thinking of? What is the right way to be mentally ill?
In retrospect, the only stuff she's seen on mental illness is depression and anxiety.
Fast forward to now she relates to Rebecca so hard. She's just heard the list of symptoms of BPD and she's noticed how many symptoms she has but had never looked further than depression.
Almost every depiction of mental illness I've grown up with was either watered down to comfort the audience or to sensationalise and demonise mental illness. Crazy ex-girlfriend is one of the only shows that has empathy, for almost everyone on the show no matter their size, their financial status, age, gender ect. And that's why it's important.
