Joined: 2 Sep 2016 Age: 37 Gender: Male Posts: 267 Location: US
09 Dec 2016, 9:48 pm
Has anyone else seen this documentary? I love it. Great insight into AS, and engaging because the subjects are all very likable (and successful) individuals.
Basically, it's about four lifelong friends who met at a summer camp for autistic children, and formed a comedy group. The film focuses on their relationship as they prepare for their final comedy show, before one of them leaves the United States for school. All four of them are very clearly on the spectrum, but all four are doing well, even as they deal with the daily struggles of the disorder. At the time of the film, three of them are college age and one is a couple years older, though the age difference isn't noticeable. The oldest is a psychology professor and indie musician. Another is an Oxford-educated journalist and anti-human trafficking activist. The third is in school to become an engineer, and the fourth is studying transportation to turn his obsession with trains into a career. Every one of the four resonates.
Here's the trailer:
Seeing people like them doing so well is actually helping me accept myself.
I loved this and would love to have a conversation with these guys. I watched this with my bf and he was confused by the term Aspie. I explained it to him. A couple of days later he texts me "I'm pretty sure my brother is an ass b." I was confused and was trying to figure out what the b stood for. I finally figured it out and told him that's not what it's called or how it was spelled. He told me Aspie wasn't as funny as he thought it was. I told him "it's not meant to be funny."
09 Dec 2016, 9:48 pm
