Mentality In 'Christine Chubbck's Iron Man'

I once worked in local television news and sports broadcasting. After a few years I came to recognize that I did not have near the, to quote the great George Carlin, "Dig Me" show biz mentality to stay with it for long. Most of the other folks who toiled along side me during that time certainly did. However, none of them to near the desperate extent of the tormented soul revealed in "Christine". At least not to my knowledge, that is. After all, who among us can know what goes on when one is alone? In "Christine" we see this troubled woman, the late TV reporter Christine Chubbuck, alone in her tortured world a lot. And it is far from a pleasant place either to be or to behold.

Rebecca Hall ("The Gift", "Iron Man 3") is searing as Chubbuck, whose fate I won't reveal if you are not already familiar with the shocking circumstances of her story from the 1970's. Hall's piercingly unsettling portrayal of a young woman in the throes of mental illness is bound to linger with you awhile. It certainly has with me. Chubbuck is relentlessly single-minded in her tenacious drive to move on and up to a top rated market. She is talented and quite often personable. She actually hatches the strikingly progressive idea of a kind of "reality television", although she is incapable of effectively articulating such. Chubbuck suggests to her irascible News

The American healthcare community has introduced remarkable advancements in the detection and treatment of human mental and emotional deterioration over the past forty years since this film was set. Recognition by someone, ANYONE, who knows an individual suffering with these too often times potentially tragic issues MUST be proactive in helping them access professional help in battling a burden for which they are not responsible and over which they have no control without dedicated support. SOMEBODY has got to genuinely