{"id":22488,"date":"2011-03-04T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22488"},"modified":"2011-03-04T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:40:55","slug":"everyone-is-an-expert-on-pts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22488","title":{"rendered":"Everyone is an expert on PTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just A Grunt sent us a link from the Marietta Daily Journal<\/a> about a young film maker, Leslie Lugosi, who wrote a script and filmed a movie entitled “Listen” about a Vietnam Veteran who becomes a victim of Post Traumatic Stress year after he’s discharged. I can imagine that the film is a typical Hollywood portrayal of the PTS-affected veteran. Lugosi admits a thin history with PTS;<\/p>\n

“My father served in Vietnam, and he was adversely affected by the war,” she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And her technical advisor on the film? He only provided advice on terrain.<\/p>\n

With the help of Master Sgt. Gerald Edwards, a Vietnam veteran who served as military adviser for the film, Lugosi made the backwoods of Canton look like the jungle wilderness of Vietnam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems to me that if she wanted to make a film about PTS, she would have had an advisor who could tell her about PTS, not a guy who transform a patch of woods into a jungle.<\/p>\n

Her star is no help, either;<\/p>\n

Jon H. Costales, a Fayetteville resident, played the lead role. For Costales, who studied acting in college, playing a person with PTSD was a learning experience.<\/p>\n

“In a way it was challenging,” he said. “Someone who had trauma years before can have emotional scars suppressed for years.”<\/p>\n

Being a part of the film was a good experience, said Costales.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully, people who watch it will become aware of what soldiers with PTSD are facing and realize it’s something going on now and should be addressed,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a good thing that actors are smarter than the rest of us so they can teach us stuff.<\/p>\n

There may be something realistic to this film and I applaud young Leslie on her efforts, but excuse me if I’m more than a little skeptical about the project based on the information in the article and this “teaser” from Lugosi;<\/p>\n