Arthritis affects more than 10million people in the UK, but has barely ever been represented in mainstream TV or film, with chronic pain more generally also suffering a similar fate.
now calling for studios to learn more about the condition and feature it in some of their storylines.: ‘Arthritis is a tremendously isolating experience, and yet it is an enormously wide-spread and misunderstood experience. When asked if any media has represented chronic pain well, Miller’s only example was a storyline in series six of Line of Duty, which shows Martin Compston’s character Steve Arnott struggling with chronic back pain following an injury.
‘Probably the only example that comes to mind is Line of Duty, where there is a leading character there who is experiencing pain, but so often the reality is one-dimensional characters assuming a certain age profile, and failing to show how this is many real people in the UK, who are trying to live with and through arthritis and who are not seeing themselves in popular culture.’
‘What isn’t shown is chronic pain,’ she said. ‘And yet lots of people live with it, they tolerate it […] When you see something on TV represented in a soap family, or whatever, it resonates with you. It’s relatable.
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