A double review today, of shows brought to you by the fine folks at A&E.
First up is, as I have briefly discussed already, Obsessed. (Which is helpfully available on Netflix.) They show is primarily, as you may have guessed, a look at people's lives who live with OCD and/or other serious anxiety issues. Each episode features two people with different "obsessions." It begins by showing their obsessions and/or compulsions and how the subjects live with them. They are each given a psychologist and the show tracks the progress they make (or occasionally don't) over 12 or so weeks. The episodes are pretty hit or miss. They are often pretty same-y, following the same few compulsions (your basic OCD ones of cleanliness, counting, &c.). But some are fairly interesting (by which I mean less common), including the afore-mentioned Chronic Skin Picking, and one woman who couldn't stop thinking about abused animals. It's also a pretty blatant example of what I like to call "info-porn"-- documentary style shows that are pretending to be made for educational and informational purposes, but are really pure entertainment, giving the viewer something to gawk at. (Like this blog. -Ed.) But I justify watching it, and in a way its very presence, because they are paying for treatment for people who often obviously could not pay for it themselves.
Overall: 2.5/5 skulls
First up is, as I have briefly discussed already, Obsessed. (Which is helpfully available on Netflix.) They show is primarily, as you may have guessed, a look at people's lives who live with OCD and/or other serious anxiety issues. Each episode features two people with different "obsessions." It begins by showing their obsessions and/or compulsions and how the subjects live with them. They are each given a psychologist and the show tracks the progress they make (or occasionally don't) over 12 or so weeks. The episodes are pretty hit or miss. They are often pretty same-y, following the same few compulsions (your basic OCD ones of cleanliness, counting, &c.). But some are fairly interesting (by which I mean less common), including the afore-mentioned Chronic Skin Picking, and one woman who couldn't stop thinking about abused animals. It's also a pretty blatant example of what I like to call "info-porn"-- documentary style shows that are pretending to be made for educational and informational purposes, but are really pure entertainment, giving the viewer something to gawk at. (Like this blog. -Ed.) But I justify watching it, and in a way its very presence, because they are paying for treatment for people who often obviously could not pay for it themselves.
Overall: 2.5/5 skulls
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