Passion Pit vs. Silver Linings Playbook: Singer Says Hollywood Exploiting Mental Illness

Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!, New Releases Columbia Passion Pit lead singer Michael Angelakos took to Twitter Sunday prior to the Academy Awards to chastise the film "Silver Linings Playbook" for its portrayal of mental illness. "Cheap use of mental health as legs for plot," Angelakos tweeted during the ceremony. "'@lfitzmaurice: To be perfectly clear: did not like Silver Linings Playbook much at all." When a fan pointed out the film's director David O. Russell had a son with bipolar ...

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