What Amazon Prime Video’s “Modern Love” Got Right About Mental Illness

Olutunu Q. Oyelola
Nov 8 · 13 min read

The third episode of Modern Love, aptly titled Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am, starts off with Anne Hathaway’s character Lexi waking up EXCITED to take on the day. She’s dressed to the nines for so early in the morning — with a full face beat and a shimmering sequin top no less. She has boundless energy and she is the dictionary definition of “bright eyed and bushy…

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Olutunu Q. Oyelola

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