Hmmm. Capgras Syndrome - I don't take such a diagnosis seriously. However,
it would be instructive to learn what crime Tony Rosato was charged with.
But two years in jail without a trial? Is he a terrorist? Or is he a
nuissance - a pest? Maybe he's acting out a guerrila comedy routine ala
Andy Kaufmann or Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat). For showbiz types, just about
any publicity, is good publicty. Margot Kidder (Lois Lane from the
Christopher Reeve/Superman movies) did a simlar stint several years ago -
proved she could play "mentally ill" characters. I'm not familiar with
Tony Rosato's previous comedy work.


>From: "mmma_rk" <mmma_rk@...>
>Reply-To: thomasszaszdiscussion@yahoogroups.com
>To: thomasszaszdiscussion@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [ThomasSzaszDiscussion] Tony Rosato has languished behind bars for
>two years with no trial
>Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 18:07:00 -0000
>
>Mon. 07/05/14 14:07 EDT
>post #10
>
>From jokester to jailbird:
>Former Saturday Night Live star Tony Rosato
>has languished behind bars for two years with no trial
>
>Here's the link:
>http://www.thestar.com/News/article/213298
>
>some snippets:
>
> >According to his Toronto lawyer, Daniel Brodsky, Rosato was arrested
>after repeatedly complaining to police that, in a scenario reminiscent
>of the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the actor's wife and their
>infant daughter had gone missing, having been replaced by imposters.
>
> >Brodsky explains that the Crown's expert prison psychiatrist, Dr.
>Duncan Scott, has told him and the Crown "that Tony Rosato is
>certifiable." Scott's diagnosis, says Brodsky, is a mental illness
>called Capgras syndrome.
>
> >Named for its discoverer, French psychiatrist Jean Marie Joseph
>Capgras, the syndrome is characterized by the delusion that a person
>or people have been replaced by doubles or impostors. The rare
>condition is most commonly associated with schizophrenia, but
>according to Dr. Graham Glancy, a forensic psychiatrist with Metro
>West Detention Centre and Maplehurst Correctional Complex, it can also
>be caused by metabolic diseases, delirium, brain injury or drugs such
>as cocaine.
>

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