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Re: The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Finally saw this. Thought it was an interesting topic, but thought the documentary itself could have been put together better. Could have used some extra trimming, I think.
One bone to pick, that I think is fairly important: They pointed out that Daniel was going off his meds before shows, and that seems to be when all his worst behavior was. I think they should have pointed out that withdrawal from those types of medications can cause "crazy" behavior; that is, he wasn't just acting nuts because he was off his meds and had returned to his normal baseline, he was acting nuts because withdrawal from mood-altering drugs is no small thing. He obviously has deep issues, but, having witnessed my father when he's messed up his medication, I think it's worth pointing out to those who might be unaware: when he pulled the keys from the plane on his father, that was withdrawal making him nuts. To represent that as his natural state is unfair.
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