tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2115276358560070391..comments2024-03-28T17:39:34.611-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Shrinks in Books and Movies @LucyBurdetteJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56452369798903698262016-10-15T21:12:42.185-04:002016-10-15T21:12:42.185-04:00Aw, so wonderful, Roberta! What a lovely story..
...Aw, so wonderful, Roberta! What a lovely story..<br /><br />Coralee--yes to Meg Gardiner! She's amazing.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10050576448713997112016-10-15T15:52:03.916-04:002016-10-15T15:52:03.916-04:00Hmmm, sounds like I have a lot of catching up to d...Hmmm, sounds like I have a lot of catching up to do!<br /><br />Dennis Palumbo sent on this link to his NPR interview about male therapists:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6642908Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49115223361479074952016-10-15T14:31:31.895-04:002016-10-15T14:31:31.895-04:00Stephen Fry was brilliant in Bones.
Such a fun di...Stephen Fry was brilliant in Bones.<br /><br />Such a fun discussion. I've been monitoring, and enjoying it all.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002794561817071780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85656276064455028702016-10-15T14:28:57.997-04:002016-10-15T14:28:57.997-04:00I liked all the psychologists on the Law & Ord...I liked all the psychologists on the Law & Order franchise, especially B. D. Wong, who played George Huang. I like that he was a matter of fact gay man. In the same line I like Bill Brochtup, who plays Dr. Joe Bowman. He helps a major character come to terms with his homosexuality. <br /><br />At first I liked James Patterson's Alex Cross, but he became more of a superhero and less credible. <br /><br />Meg Gardiner's Jo (forgot her last name) appeals. A woman therapist living in San Francisco? Who could ask for anything more. Coralee Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691335135691119400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37458230603616846882016-10-15T12:36:07.808-04:002016-10-15T12:36:07.808-04:00Yes, good question Hank! Did Jennifer Malfi know t...Yes, good question Hank! Did Jennifer Malfi know that Tony Soprano was a mobster when she took him on? I can't remember...<br /><br />As far as Hallie and me, she's away for the weekend so you'll have to depend on my memory. When my first golf mystery was published in 2002, I knew NO ONE in the mystery writing business. But I wanted to find a few others who wrote mysteries including psychologists to do a panel at the American Psychological Association in Chicago. I found Hallie on the Internet and emailed her. She put me in touch with her writing partner who was a neuropsychologist and he joined me in Chicago, along with Denise Swanson (school psychologist) and Abigail Padgett, who wrote about a social psychologist and also a social worker. It was a great hit. And Hallie and I stayed in touch--she introduced me to Sisters in Crime and so many other writers. Thank goodness because otherwise it's a lonely world...and I gained a wonderful friend:)Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55494778119898597902016-10-15T12:34:57.887-04:002016-10-15T12:34:57.887-04:00I like the shrink played by William Devane Jesse S...I like the shrink played by William Devane Jesse Stone talks to in his movies. For a while Stephen Fry played a therapist on Bones that Seeley Booth was talking to after he shot up the ice cream truck clown. Then there's the shrink on Lucifer; I haven't made up my mind about her yet. Pat Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41413277288089073182016-10-15T11:53:14.659-04:002016-10-15T11:53:14.659-04:00Dear Everyone,
FYI, I did a Commentary years ago ...Dear Everyone,<br /><br />FYI, I did a Commentary years ago on NPR's "All Things Considered" about the portrayal of male therapists on TV and film. Being a techno-idiot, I'm not sure how to post a link to the broadcast here, but if you Google it you can hear it. Thanks! And thanks again for all those thoughtful comments I got yesterday on this site.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428646909325268329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60391903950027536622016-10-15T11:50:20.112-04:002016-10-15T11:50:20.112-04:00Dear Hank,
I forgot about Bruce Willis in The Six...Dear Hank,<br /><br />I forgot about Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. Not a bad portrayal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428646909325268329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-454195996888733592016-10-15T11:48:29.487-04:002016-10-15T11:48:29.487-04:00Dear Mary,
Yes, my Daniel Rinaldi series takes pl...Dear Mary,<br /><br />Yes, my Daniel Rinaldi series takes place in Pittsburgh. Though I've lived here in Los Angeles for many, many years, I was born and raised in the Steel City. I also graduated from Pitt, as did my series hero. Also like me, Dr. Rinaldi was raised in a blue-collar family and was the first in his family to go to college. I hope you do check out the series, especially since I've tried to make the city itself a character. Its transition from an industrial hub to a more gentrified, white-collar city creates some of the narrative tension in the book, since my character has one foot in each realm. If you DO read the books, please let me know what you think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428646909325268329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74064928362492026262016-10-15T11:41:01.153-04:002016-10-15T11:41:01.153-04:00Dear Roberta,
Thanks for allowing me that bit of ...Dear Roberta,<br /><br />Thanks for allowing me that bit of blatant self-promotion regarding my own psychologist hero. And when you mentioned therapists on TV, I realized I'd left out Lorraine Broco's wonderful Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos. I also liked the therapist portrayed by Julia Ormond for a couple seasons on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428646909325268329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73383800336632692782016-10-15T11:30:06.681-04:002016-10-15T11:30:06.681-04:00I loved Robin Williams too, as the disgraced shrin...I loved Robin Williams too, as the disgraced shrink Cozy Carlisle in Kenneth Branagh's *Dead Again*. Michael ("Worf") Dorn was good as the shrink that Beckett saw on Castle. Alan Arbus was fun as Sidney the shrink on MASH. Jim Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57855453438300681882016-10-15T10:26:03.024-04:002016-10-15T10:26:03.024-04:00Loved Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.
Hallli...Loved Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.<br /><br />Halllie and Roberta, tell us more!!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20002542499378838552016-10-15T10:13:25.101-04:002016-10-15T10:13:25.101-04:00 Roberta, you would not have taken a mobster clien... Roberta, you would not have taken a mobster client? How would you know? What do you think about that? :-) Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39850945033938328752016-10-15T10:12:33.386-04:002016-10-15T10:12:33.386-04:00The sixth sense! And I didn't know that's ... The sixth sense! And I didn't know that's how you and Hallie met… Tell us more! Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-295554364202881472016-10-15T09:02:59.271-04:002016-10-15T09:02:59.271-04:00I don't have cable TV anymore and seldom watch...I don't have cable TV anymore and seldom watch new movies, so my top picks for psychologists or therapists in movies are pretty old: Good Will Hunting and Ordinary People.Grace Koshidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934603958949938617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88675562940511391642016-10-15T09:02:14.113-04:002016-10-15T09:02:14.113-04:00Dennis! You didn't mention your books had a Pi...Dennis! You didn't mention your books had a Pittsburgh tie-in (or I missed it). Now I have to find them (I live in the Pittsburgh area).<br /><br />I agree - Emil Skoda was great and Simmons' portrayal was masterful.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15200186892015064242016-10-15T07:15:43.491-04:002016-10-15T07:15:43.491-04:00Yes Joan--I agree!
Kait, that's a good additi...Yes Joan--I agree!<br /><br />Kait, that's a good addition. I've read a lot of Kellerman's books and liked his character a lot.<br /><br />Dennis--of course! You'll have a lot of new readers here I bet. And thanks for the suggestions on TV shows--I should have known that you'd know what's out there in TVland:)Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41455220763555458372016-10-15T02:14:59.458-04:002016-10-15T02:14:59.458-04:00Naturally, I'm a fan of my own Daniel Rinaldi ...Naturally, I'm a fan of my own Daniel Rinaldi character, a psychologist and trauma expert who consults with the Pittsburgh Police. But my favorite TV therapists were Emil Skoda on Law and Order, played by J.K.Simmons, and Gabriel Byrne's therapist character on HBO's series In Treatment. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428646909325268329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61047123162067743142016-10-15T01:54:13.196-04:002016-10-15T01:54:13.196-04:00Jonathan Kellerman springs immediately to mind. Hi...Jonathan Kellerman springs immediately to mind. His Alex Delaware in an intriguing character and both well written and respectful of his profession. Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52284641817478041112016-10-15T01:43:32.407-04:002016-10-15T01:43:32.407-04:00I must agree, Lucy, that Judd Hirsch’s wonderful p...I must agree, Lucy, that Judd Hirsch’s wonderful portrayal of Doctor Berger makes the character believable. I really appreciated that his characterization focused the therapist helping the patients. <br />I am not a fan of those “crazier than the patients” or the bumbling therapist portrayals either on the screen on in a book.<br />Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.com