Blog Assignment #2

I will be sharing what my viewpoint when watching "Concussion" for my research paper.


 In the film  Concussion, Will Smith plays the role of Forensic pathologist Dr.Bennet Omalu who is the main character. Dr.Bennet was concerned and raised public awareness about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disorder that causes brain trauma in football players. In the film, Dr.Bennet starts with examining his patents by talking to them. He has a particular of way examining the bodies by using different tools because he feels its less messy. I felt that how he analyzed the bodies with special care and respect is very compassionate of him. It shows how as a doctor he is being thorough with his work and because of that, he discovered a disease that's harming athletes. He is an example of how doctors should take special care of their patents, and not rush and care just about the money.
    In the film shows how Dr. Bennet is a helpful and caring person. Another character that was shown Dr. Julian Bailes who treated and helped Mike Webster a football player, by prescribing pills. I felt different when watching this scene because Dr. Julian wanted to help but, didn't know what was wrong with his patent. He did examine him but nothing abnormal was showing in the CTE exams.

      In the scene that I felt where Dr. Bennet did an autopsy on Mike Webster, he decided to look at past exams and perform new ones because he felt something was wrong. There was no explanation on why Mike was suffering from headaches, violent behavior, nausea, and hearing voices. He chose to look into Mike's profession as an NFL player and examine many videos and newspaper articles.  
This scene shows how Dr. Bennet puts together his theory how a human brain that goes through many hits causes brain damage. Dr.Bennet voice's out how human beings don't have any protection against collision and that's how Mike Webster past away.