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Amanda Bynes pyschiatric evaluation - 24 views

started by liz archer on 30 May 13
  • liz archer
    #1 liz archer on 30 May 13
     
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/amanda-bynes-arrested_n_3329508.html

    Why do you think Amanda Bynes has taken a turn for the worst? She has recently been caught dropping a bong outside her 36th floor window, arrested on multiple occassions for drunk driving and is considered to have severe mental problems. Why do most child stars have difficult transitions into adulthood?
  • Veronica Russell
    #2 Veronica Russell on 30 May 13
     
    This is so sad. I love love love Amanda Bynes. It's terrifying to see how crazy she has gotten. I recently read a list of all of her tweets and they are disturbing. The tweets talk about her sexual desire for the singer Drake, her drug usage, and there are many pictures of her topless. She has gone of the deep end which is so sad because she was such a great and funny actress. I think the reason she has gone crazy, and why so many child stars go crazy, is because they aren't taught morals and are never said no to. They go to parties and people offer them drugs or don't say no when they ask. It's just sad. It also just goes to show how detrimental drugs are. The crazy child stars are always on drugs.
  • Jackie O'Boyle
    #3 Jackie O'Boyle on 30 May 13
     
    This is really upsetting because the Amanda I remember is from the Amanda which used to make me laugh so hard in 5th grade. Her tweets are actually very terrifying and they made me really uncomfortable. You can just tell that something is seriously going on with her and she needs extreme help. The drugs theme seems to be very common among stars who started at a very young age. I think its so sad and hope she finds recovery.
  • Jonah Amargi-Levy
    #4 Jonah Amargi-Levy on 30 May 13
     
    I don't find her junkie/unstable behavior sad in the least. Its the classic child star dilemma. Either you hit it big as a child and capitalize on that for the rest of your life, or you become a complete train wreck. What lead to her derailment was the us of narcotics and other prescription drugs, which she claims she never used (but dont they all say that?). for the record I can sympathize with her fucked up situation but on the other hand, get it together gurl.
  • Declan Katz
    #5 Declan Katz on 30 May 13
     
    There have been people who have become normal people after childhood acting. I mean Ron Howard has made some great stuff. I don't know why as a society we need to focus on who dropped a bong out a window, I am sure one of how us has a friend who has done that.
  • Aaron Newman
    #8 Aaron Newman on 30 May 13
     
    We place extraordinarily high standards on our celebrities for "good behavior." These standards (existing on an astonishingly thin line of perfection, a toes-width away from pretension on the one hand and deplorability on the other) are outsourced; our society can't fulfill them, so we shove all our expectations off on our favorite pretty faces. The judgement we pass on celebrities when they digress from the tightrope-sized path we've shoved them onto is totally hypocritical, considering our own faults, and puts those famous individuals under a crazy amount of pressure. The pressure, in turn, tends to drive them towards further digression/meltdown. It's a dangerous spiral that we all perpetuate.
  • Meg Weiss
    #9 Meg Weiss on 04 Jun 13
     
    This is really sad, but I feel like all the press is making if worse. Like Declan said, I'm sure most of us know people who have experimented with alcohol and drugs, and by the press focusing on it, Bynes feels like she cannot control her life (which is exhibited in the article when Bynes says she is threatening to sue all the magazines that have written about her). I think that while she is in the Roosevelt center, the press should stop following her, and if she happens to get better, then they can focus on how well she has recovered. Although this is very unlikely to happen, because as we've seen in Ace in the Hole, to trashy magazines, bad news is good news.
  • Lauren Lampl
    #10 Lauren Lampl on 04 Jun 13
     
    Agreed. I think that society needs to think about the pressure being put on young actors. The fact that they have to face so much ridicule and pressure at such a young age either sets them up to be a very mature adult if they can handle the pressure, or a train-wreck for the rest of their life. If the latter occurs, they should get help and figure it out in what ever way they can, but we as society shouldn't continue to put pressure on them by reporting their every move. She needs to get it together, and in order to let her do that, we need to back off.
  • Markita Schulman
    #11 Markita Schulman on 04 Jun 13
     
    It is definitely sad when anyone's life gets off track, and that is magnified by the difficulties that any celebrity must face. There is clearly constant pressure of all varieties and every action is scrutinized by the media. I think, however, that people are still capable of making their own decisions and that Bynes should not be seen as a victim, just a person who has clearly gotten herself into an awful situation. The media should not give so much attention to this story, even though people are obviously drawn in by it. It makes a spiraling situation worse for everyone involves and gives her the attention that she obviously craves.

    Why do you think people are so interested in celebrity gossip, especially of this nature? Do you think the media has a duty to tell stories like this one to its readers; do they have any journalistic value?

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