Crazy Ex-Girlfriend deserves praise for giving its main character a “real illness”

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“In a TV landscape littered with Manic Pixie Disordered Girls, there’s something admirable in the simple fact that Rebecca Bunch has a real illness—with a name and a treatment regimen,” says Sady Doyle. “But then, there’s the disorder itself. It’s progressive to humanize a mentally ill character. It’s a damn revolution to do so with Rebecca’s illness: Borderline Personality Disorder.” ALSO: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend sure loves to play fast and loose with the law.