Dr. Eric Bender
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You'd see these people that are borderline good, bad.
It's not just a villain.
And then you see heroes that are struggling with things.
And I think that's really important.
I mean, look at Superman, lost his parents in Krypton and he's here to take care of a human race he's never gonna be a part of.
So there's huge psychological weight there.
So we can talk about that and people can understand just more about themselves.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, sorry.
I'm trying to be responsible for making sure it's portrayed if I'm asked about shows or movies and comic books.
But yes, I think it's getting better.
I think the Sopranos did a great job with that with Dr. Melfi and what it was like for Tony Soprano to come into therapy and develop this relationship with somebody.
I think there are a lot of shows that are doing it really well.
I also think if you've ever watched a 0-0 baseball game, some people are really bored of that.
They're like, oh, there's no scoring, there's nothing.
Yeah, exactly.
We'll take soccer.
people are like, oh, this is boring, but there's so much going on.
And therapy's like that too.
There's so much going on in the moments where there's not a goodwill hunting moment that I think people don't want to necessarily see that.