“I’ve been in the hospital three times, and every time, I went through the phase of believing that I didn’t belong there and I was somehow separate and possibly superior to those around me,” say Wakefield creator and co-showrunner Kristen Dunphy about some of her inspiration for the Australian series now airing on Showtime.“I really do think that’s really a defense mechanism before you are humbled by the realization that you are no different to anyone else,” the scribe adds.Having debuted Down Under on public broadcaster ABC earlier this spring, the Rudi Dharmalingam-starring dramedy explores mental illness at the frontline and what happens when the person who is supposed to be taking care of the patients begins to lose himself?
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