Well intended exaggeration might very well end up ill-informed
If you think about it, people seldom empathize over non-observable handicapness (no alternative word available)... This is very much understandable given the human nature. You see a person with a broken leg and your brain automatically makes you wonder how thyself would survive with that phaqd up leg, and pour in empathy.
You see a blind person, people could technically close their eyes and still empathize over how much they would suffer.
Now imagine one part of your brain shut down or a specific aspect of your brain not working as it is "supposed to"... Good luck finding a person simulating that and empathasizing it...
I totally forgot what I was about to say... So yeah (this "so yeah" I "acquired" from my dear friend, which doesn't matter right now, anyway)... oh yeah, I remembered!
But because of this lack of awareness, filmmakers are trying to spread the awareness (Which is very nice of them)?
Or is it just the usual?
The filmmakers (aka the writers aka every phaqing person who contributed to the film) might have truly intended to spread the awareness. But the marketing team, not convinced of what the creators created and smart enough to realize that people wouldn't be able to turn off their brains as they would like to, but still want everyone to realize what the others are going through, try and push the exaggerated stuff that the filmmaker try to infuse in their story so as to make their audience understand something that's not even actually true? I mean, taking the extreme end of a spectrum (btw, I see everything as a spectrum from headache to autism) and trying to educate people using that might not backfire (especially in cases where they can't close their eyes and simulate that problem)?
Just as expected, I might keep coming back and editing this post. Why? If you don't know the answer to this question, thank you so much for your time reading this post. For the rest of you, "Hi how are you doing".
The point (I'm trying my best): If you showcase the worst case scenario of a physically challenged person (in a well intended way, for a good purpose), people can still relate to it and would be considerate about it regardless of the severity. If you showcase (in movies and media) only the worst case scenario of a mentally challenged person, people wouldn't be having any clue as to what's going on their mind and just believe what they see is the reality and might not even show partial empathy over that person who's partially handicapped. I guess, this is the whole thing I was trying to say and I think a lot many of us come under this category.