I Ll Be Me Analysis

In the Glen Campbell documentary “I’ll Be Me”, we see country musician Glen Campbell through a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, and his final album and tour. We learn about his life and how he has always been into music and has been on the road most of his adult life performing his music. There is a scene where a doctor performs a memory test while his wife is there with him. The doctor asks him to remember a few words and then asks him to repeat them. Campbell says he cannot recall them because he no longer has a use for them. I think was a sign as there were several times that he said that he no longer had a use for something and that is why he could not recall it- he was trying to play it off like he no longer needed the information but
Also, he had to accept the fact that Campbell was not as good as he once was, but he said that it did not matter because Campbell would hit the ball, forget his bad score, and hit again- he was having fun with it. Overall, the family seemed to have a better understanding of Campbell, his behaviors, and the disease as the documentary progressed. In the beginning, Kim did get frustrated with him at times for things that he could not control, but she came to understand that he could not help the things he did. Ashley, Glen and Kim’s daughter, did seem to have a good understanding and did not get irritated with her dad when he became agitated, but instead acknowledged that you should let things go and not become angry. We also see the rapid changes in mood that came with the disease. Ashley said that there was one time he was yelling and shouting about something, and then came downstairs and asked when she got there and how she was
It showed the good and the bad, and the humor that Campbell still had about life. It showed just how much Alzheimer’s takes out of a person’s mind, even though their body is perfectly healthy. If it were me, I may have taken him out a show or two before the family did, but at the same time, it shows people the effects that Alzheimer’s has on a person. The family did not shy away from the diagnosis, and even incorporated that into an album and subsequent tour (which may have been good or bad, depending on how one views