Did it ever occur to you that maybe Sleeping Beauty wasn’t actually sleeping but was in a coma? It never did to me until I read this article about the misrepresentation of coma in movies. These scientists apparently watched a number of movies (You mean I can watch movies all day and finish my thesis? Where do I sign up?) to assess how coma is portrayed in movies and found that portrayals were not very accurate at all. The most common flaw: coma patients being perfectly groomed and looking the picture of health except that they’re in a coma. Another big flaw: someone waking up from a coma after a long period of time having retained all memory and cognitive function. And here I’ve always wondered how women wake up all perfectly made up in movies (and on tv). I never thought about comas. I guess it’s because I just take for granted that any portrayal is inaccurate and don’t really bother thinking about it. I certainly wouldn’t be using While You Were Sleeping
