“I also think it has a large audience of people who are interested in, or suffer from, mental health issues. I receive letters regularly from people that feel affected in some way by watching the series. It’s incredibly rewarding.”
As a show with a mission to highlight the struggles of those living with mental illness it’s rather appropriate that Benninght Brothers feels very schizophrenic.
Creator Robert Lopez wanted to do more than just make a web series, he hoped to make a difference. By bringing subjects such as schizophrenia, bi-polar, and obsessive compulsive disorders into a world that turns these diseases into unimaginable abilities, a more conscious and compassionate society might emerge.
“Not everyone with mental health problems are manic or psychopathic or loud or dangerous… There are a lot of people that society deems weird or outside the norm, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t awesome.” – Creator Matt Wade
