Without warnings of trigger, the theater characters are too eager to commit suicide
Slough, England:
To be or not to be? It’s not just a question for Hamlet. The most famous range of William Shakespeare is considering the fine line between life and death – and about 400 years from the road, is a question of Pakistani dramatic characters in the terrible straits which are also in the grip with.
The loyal dramatic observers will, of course, be that, with regard to the character of drama in distress, unlike Hamlet, it is much less likely that a random uncle perishes. It is rather themselves. Whether it is a despised woman or a rejected man, the theater characters are too eager to entertain the notion of withdrawing. Sometimes they succeed. At other times, their attempt at self -control is thwarted, and those on their orbit hastily repair their bad ways to prevent this from happening. Be that as it may, with a suspicion of a warning of trigger, moments of crisis on television, suicide is too impatient to raise its ugly head – and this relaxed glorification of taking life is the most slippery of All slopes.
Things that kill
Let us first eliminate one thing: with regard to Pakistani television screens and things that are killing, there are warnings. If they did not already know it, all Buff Drama will now be aware that smoking kills, because this is what we are informed each time a character plays with a cigarette.
We need not to look any further than Adeel Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum. Whenever this troubled Philander took a soothing trail during stressful periods, a serious trigger warning was quickly dropped at the bottom of the screen. And to say what you want on Pakistani dramas compared to their Western counterparts, but gangster lovers among you will be aware that Tommy Shelby by Cillian Murphy Peaky Blinders came without advisory measures to such advisory. Of course, there is the very real question that Tommy is far away, much more devoted to his cigarettes than Deel. Tommy smokes as if cigarettes attach him to life. If a warning had been mandated by law, it would have a more or less shared permanent screen space with Tommy, which would undoubtedly have irritated fans who prefer to read the subtitles instead of warnings. Regarding cigarettes, it seems that the Pakistani showbiz industry has covered itself. A brand of ticks for Adeel, a big big thumb down for Tommy.
But as we know, smoking is not the only deadly behavior that strips on Pakistani screens. You might say that taking your life has a higher mortality rate than smoking, especially when it is so randomly easy to trigger someone who is already vulnerable and is a passionate television observer to start. With or without trigger warnings, the wisdom to present it as a solution is questionable.
Acceptance of suicide
Unfortunately for all those who appreciate the importance of robust mental health, suicide is a popular choice solution for the characters in emissions that are monitored by millions. Example: Jafaa. Here is a show that was rightly rented to discuss taboo questions such as birth control, anger management and therapy search. But a few episodes on the line, we testify to the young mother and the mother actively considering suicide – twice – without obtaining the advice she needs. What message does it send? Where is the warning for someone who looks at this with children nearby? Or for a spectator who fought with suicidal thoughts and finds himself irrevocably triggered?
It can be understandable at the limit if occasional suicide was the prerogative of a single show, but of course, it is not only Andleeb in Jafaa. Back in 2011, Humsafar – A spectacle that even a hateful determined drama will have a woman recourse to suicide when she felt that she had lost her man. Meanwhile, earlier this year, Murad, Noor Jahan’s son in the generational-traumator Noor Jahan drama, releases a weapon in time of despair and announces to his wife Noor Bano that he intends to shoot himself .
We do not see the immediate consequences of this cliffhanger, but we are given enough information to deduce that Noor Bano does damage control and Murad retracts his weapon without anyone being killed. The subtext could not be clearer: when you threaten to kill yourself, you may not suffer from consequences, but you can feel guilty to take you seriously. It was an episode that received more than 12 million views on YouTube only. The repeated exposure generates acceptance. Is this message – is a suicide attempt is a remedy – something that should be so openly displayed for millions?
A dangerous hobby
A therapist specializing in advice to Muslim women discussed this trope even with the EXPRESSION subject to anonymity. She is convinced that such an occasional representation of self -harm is a threat to society as a whole.
“What they are doing is dangerous and irresponsible,” she says. “Studies have shown that even seeing the word” suicide “leads to an increase in suicide attempts. We should use terms like” taking your life “. I do not think they have looked for how suicide really happens. “”
When even the word itself can prove to be a trigger point, what type of ramifications to look at a last desperate resort splashed on a screen on someone who is already in danger? As BumperA drama currently broadcast, ramifications have the potential to become uncontrollable, in particular for viewers where therapy is not an option that they can consider freely.
“I started watching Bumper Because I go through the same thing, “confides a spectator”. I wanted to see how Moosa would face the second marriage of her father. I have been triggered since I watched them show his suicide. I cannot go to a therapist and I am absolutely broken. “”
In a landscape where access to counseling is limited and that mental health is always considered taboo, is televised self-harm really the answer? Despite all the examples listed, suicide is still not as common on Pakistani screens as in Bollywood or in Hollywood. And as the argument does, a drama will reflect the world and the luggage that goes with it. But with a booming audience, when the world begins to reflect this drama, which will be held responsible for a life overturned on the edge when it could have been saved?
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