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{{Cleanup|reason=Help us collate a list of references to ME and CFS (positive or negative) in popular culture}} ==Common stereotypes== Three common but incorrect stereotypes are express across many media: # Patients are just tired, like everyone else gets, or lazy. # Or conversely, that patients are ambitious overachievers, burnouts # Patients are hypochondriacs and attention seekers. The primary misconception behind these stereotypes is that patients are not simply tired, they are severely sick & disabled. ==Film== *[[David Puttnam]] (British filmmaker) ==Television== *[[Michael Crawford]] (British actor) *[[The Golden Girls]] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Gervais Ricky Gervais] mocked ME patients in his comedy act. [[Matthew Smith]] blogs at ''Indigo Jo Blogs'' about this and has a short clip of Gervais in a 3 minute Youtube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOflARSgNnE#t=151 C.F.S/M.E - The Torturous Disease] embedded in the article "Ricky Gervais on ME, and other bad comedy".<ref>[http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2010/03/04/ricky_gervais_on_me_and_other_bad_comedy Ricky Gervais on ME, and other bad comedy - Indigo Jo Blogs]</ref> The [[ME Association]] wrote about his "apology".<ref>[http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2007/11/ricky-gervais-apologises-for-shows-me-wise-crack/ Ricky Gervais ‘apologises’ for show’s ME wise-crack - ME Association]</ref> His 2016 album, (performed by his character from The Office, David Brent) includes a song called "Please don't make fun of the disableds" that refers to [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]] urging people to be "please be kind" to the disabled, "...even the ones with ME, who feel tired... we all feel tired.... sometimes we all feel tired".<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brent:_Life_on_the_Road David Brent: Life on the Road]</ref> *Transparent *[[Vicky Beeching]] (UK TV broadcaster) *[[Martine McCutcheon]] (British actress) *[[Armando Iannucci]] wrote a comedy sketch where Jesus healed people with various ailments. When faced with a person with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] Jesus replied "yeah, well we all get tired".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDhoM_vhIeo Armando Iannucci - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]</ref> *[[House]] *[[The Middle]] (ABC comedy), April 27, 2016 *Alex Trebek on [[Jeopardy]], July 3, 2015 ==Fiction== *[[Love and Fatigue in America]] ==Comics & cartoons== *[[Blondie comic]] *[https://womenshealthconcerns.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/nbe0086l.jpg Chronic fatigue syndrome anonymous] *[https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/food-drink-chronic_fatigue_syndrome-me-illnesses-tiredness-tires-jfa3124_low.jpg I'm too tired to eat] *[https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-woman-lies-on-her-couch-and-speaks-to-a-man-bruce-eric-kaplan.html?product=canvas-print My stomach would hurt but I'm too tired] *[http://www.naturalnews.com/cartoons/Doctors_thinking_600.jpg What doctors are really thinking] *[https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/animals-chronic_fatigue_syndrome-fatigue-dog_tired-tiredness-exhausted-aton6163_low.jpg You're just dog tired] ==Music== *[[Cher]] (singer) *[[Howard Bloom]] (publicist and writer) *[[Stevie Nicks]] *[[Stuart Murdoch]] (lead singer of [[Belle and Sebastian]]), "[[Nobody's Empire]]" *[[Yuppie Flu]] (Italian music group) ==News and non-fiction== *[[Yuppie Flu]] *[[Laura Hillenbrand]] *[[Lena Dunham]] *[[Ken Wilbur]] ==Fashion== *[[Laura Dundovic]] (model). Diagnosed with the disease when she was 16 years old.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3398410/Laura-Dundovic-reveals-overcame-battle-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-teenage-years.html 'I got every possible sickness': Laura Dundovic reveals how she overcame battle with chronic fatigue syndrome during her teenage years]</ref> == See also == == Learn more == *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_chronic_fatigue_syndrome Wikipedia - List of people with chronic fatigue syndrome] == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:ME and CFS in popular culture]]
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