Yes this is a truly sad story. Exploitive chronicle about a child who was systematically psychologically and physically abused by a father that grew up into a heroin/narcotic addict.
The spiraling nightmare of his life as he lived from fix to fix affected innocent people and their families with horrific and unfair circumstances.
The script has presented this abused person as evil and thoroughly at fault for his actions. I'm disappointed that there was not more sympathy and attention paid to the violent child abuse manifesting into a drug problem. There is no sympathy for this arc in the series.
I fear that those who are not educated in these issues will watch the series and become hardened against drug abuse in terms of it being a health issue rather than a criminal issue.
I understand this is a true story; however I believe that the producers could have being much more responsible about the issues at hand and presented a more educational viewpoint... instead of giving in to the usual exploitation of innocents by the media... the practice that currently dominates our society.
The spiraling nightmare of his life as he lived from fix to fix affected innocent people and their families with horrific and unfair circumstances.
The script has presented this abused person as evil and thoroughly at fault for his actions. I'm disappointed that there was not more sympathy and attention paid to the violent child abuse manifesting into a drug problem. There is no sympathy for this arc in the series.
I fear that those who are not educated in these issues will watch the series and become hardened against drug abuse in terms of it being a health issue rather than a criminal issue.
I understand this is a true story; however I believe that the producers could have being much more responsible about the issues at hand and presented a more educational viewpoint... instead of giving in to the usual exploitation of innocents by the media... the practice that currently dominates our society.