2009

2009-01-18

United States

Tara Gregson is a wife and mother of two. Tara has dissociative identity disorder (DID). Whenever she is stressed, she transforms into one of her alternate personalities: wild and flirty teenager T; old-fashioned housewife Alice; and male, loud, beer-drinking Vietnam vet Buck (a fifth personality is introduced later in the season). Tara is supported by her husband Max, her somewhat troubled teenage daughter Kate and quirky, good-hearted gay son Marshall. Her sister, Charmaine, is not so supportive, often expressing her doubt about the validity of Tara's disorder.

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2009

2009-01-18

United States

United States of Tara is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which aired on Showtime from 2009 to 2011. The series follows the life of Tara (played by Toni Collette), a suburban artist and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder. The show was conceived by executive producer Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw, while discussing the compartmentalization of the typical human psyche. The staff members were challenged with making a comedy show that's counteracted by the unknowable but believable anguish of severe mental illness. They wanted a widely relatable story of fragmentation of the self and of the loving perseverance of the family. Series creator Diablo Cody said she was "nervous" about making the pilot funny but not a sitcom, while being sensitive to a mental disorder. Therefore, the disorder was researched and the scripts were reviewed by dissociative identity disorder expert and medical school professor, Richard Kluft, before airing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_Tara

United States of Tara is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which began airing on Showtime in 2009. The series follows the life of Tara, a suburban housewife and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder.

United States of Tara is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which aired on Showtime from 2009 to 2011. The series follows the life of Tara (played by Toni Collette), a suburban artist and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder. The show was conceived by executive producer Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw, while discussing the compartmentalization of the typical human psyche. The staff members were challenged with making a comedy show that's counteracted by the unknowable but believable anguish of severe mental illness. They wanted a widely relatable story of fragmentation of the self and of the loving perseverance of the family. Series creator Diablo Cody said she was "nervous" about making the pilot funny but not a sitcom, while being sensitive to a mental disorder. Therefore, the disorder was researched and the scripts were reviewed by dissociative identity disorder expert and medical school professor, Richard Kluft, before airing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_Tara