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Mainstream Media and OT

Being an OT student is stressful, time consuming and allows very little time for activities outside of studying. During a rare moment of free time, I was scrolling through Twitter and happened upon an article posted by AOTA about the movie Downsizing. It is titled:  AOTA Responds to Portrayal of Occupational Therapy in the Movie Downsizing With the demands of OT school, I had not seen the movie but was intrigued. I had never heard of a movie that featured occupational therapy! Downsizing  is a comedy, drama, science fiction movie about the life of a man who thinks he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself. Since the movie is science-fiction, one would expect for there to be some futuristic/unrealistic elements. I was expecting to read that while that one aspect of the film was not realistic, the aspect of OT would be accurate, but I was sadly disappointed. The article states "The fact that he is an OT is a crucial part of the film in that it does move the plot