CrazyWise (GAM418)

Noah Lugeons

Eli Bosnick

***CrazyWise*** is a "documentary" about how mental illness is actually magical—an indictment of our mental healthcare system and not a good way to address the systematic problems (i.e. everything's bad and here's how to make it worse).

### **Opening Phrase**

Where each week we sample another selection from Christian cinema, because there's no real Hell, so sometimes you have to improvise.

### **How Bad Was It?**

Well, if you love the deadly woo of our usual documentary fare, but you wish the damage was *so* directly on-screen that you might categorize it as a snuff film, you will *love* this movie.

### **Best Worst**

* Cara: …final exam for a formal logic 101 class. [If A=B, and B=C, then C=Wingdings.]
* Noah: …content to try and make jokes about. [Real mental illness.]
* Eli: …tricking Cara into thinking this movie is just about treating people with mental illness better. [A deeply empathetic person.]

### **Notes**

* Check out Cara's new book (co-edited with Dr. Stephen Hupp) *Pseudoscience in Therapy: A Skeptical Field Guide*, available via Eli's helpful link, CaraDid911.com. Also check out her website, Twitter, *Talk Nerdy*, *The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe*, *Fixed That for You*, and (again thanks to Eli) iLoveSkinBooks.com and DoctorCaraSantaMaria.com.
* There's also *CrazyWise Conversations*, a *YouTube* collection of extended talking heads.
* This episode was originally posted to *Patreon* with the ad included at the beginning before, a very rare error.

### **Jokes**

* [Cara: Aaaw.] [Noah: Well yeah, right! They interview his barista, and she's like, "Well, I think that, you know, the, the psychologists have it wrong when it comes to Adam." I'm like "Why the fuck would anybody care what *you* think?"] [Cara: That's what I wrote: "Why do I give a fuck what this coffee shop owner thinks about mental illness?"] [Noah: Right? Right. Why the hell do you think *you* get a *vote* on this shit?] [Eli: "Look I've spent a lot of time around nut milks, and I can tell you—"] [Cara: Yes. Yeeees.] [Eli: "—psychoactive disorders aren't real."]

### **Interstitials**

* First Writers' Room Meeting (5:38)
* Tony D's House of Poverty Tourism (35:27)
* Insides Bath - Laundry Detergent (1:01:14)
* Not Doing Black Face (1:36:29) [Post Credits]

### **Tropes**

* Boss in a Bit Part
* ~~Christians~~ Woonatics Don't Know How the World Works
* Heath is Away This Week
* Take Your Damn Medicine!

### **Breakfast Club Close**

* Cara: Adam's self-produced acoustic rap album, CrazyWise, can be purchased at Soul Food coffee bar for the low low price of three Reiki wiggles and a dime bag.
* Noah: Northern Mongolia continues to absolutely crush it when it comes to mental healthcare.
* Eli: Everyone associated with this movie is still alive, which is a *god damn* miracle.

### **Links**

* Episode on Audioboom
* Episode on YouTube
* Episode on Patreon
* Film on YouTube
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5898454/ [IMDb]

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