MICE ELF: I like it, but it also distracts me; I want to see if they get it right.
ME: ME too! I keep thinking about it because we are so infrequently represented, especially on the big screen. CP?
CP: I favour both sides: I DO get distracted when I see a pharmacy or pharmacist and I want to know how closely they will hew to reality. Everyone sends me screenshots from House MD with the Ambien "error" among others that are "off".
MICE ELF: I remember that one. Some argued they didn't want to make it TOO real so people could call in fake scripts or some nonsense.
CP: That's a nonstarter for me. Especially today, where you can google or AI everything.
ME: Right. If you're going to use a REAL drug, make it authentic.
MICE ELF: Or make it up.
CP: Right! It's already fictional, why bring reality into my fiction? That only serves to break my focus. Now I can't suspend my disbelief at the plausibility of my movie.
ME: Oh. Speaking of, which movie are we discussing?
CP: A Quiet Place: Day One. Or as I prefer to call it - "One Woman's Quest Phor Pizza Goes Awry".
MICE ELF: Pharmacy stuff?
CP: Yes. Sam has cancer and wears a Fentanyl patch. We check to see if she disposes of the old one properly and applies the new one correctly (no).
ME: Not bad.
CP: Later we see Eric go to the pharmacy for her. It's an independent which explains the wide openness of the floor plan. The shelves are packed with drugs which is a nice touch. But the piece de resistance is the multiple stacks of baskets filled with prescriptions TO. BE. CHECKED!
MICE ELF: That was a subtle detail most outsiders would miss but it was a nice, direct hit on the profession.
CP: The attention to detail was sublime and I want to thank the set designer personally phor this.
What others do you have?
Thoughts if they should either strive for accuracy or total fiction?
