How was this show made
How was this show made
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16132498
How was this show made
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Head canon: Dr. Shaun Murphy is a Thermian in disguise.
- Has a hard time sussing out people's intentions: check
- Super intelligent and well-meaning: check
- Randomly changes the volume of his voiCE MIDSENTENCE: CHECK
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Looks like they just straight up knocked off what hbomberguy made fun of Sherlock for doing
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There’s a show?
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It's an American remake of a K Drama featuring a medium to high needs savant person with ASD becoming a surgeon. The scene depicted above is a narrative mechanism the show uses as a way for the audience to see his thought process in a visually interesting way.
The show has plenty to dunk on but there's nothing wrong with not having an actor stare into space for 20 seconds of dead air while the character thinks of a creative solution.
Edit: I should note a similar mechanism was used all the time in other medical shows like House
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While not a medical show, Criminal Minds a at least used to use a similar thing, especially to demonstrate how Reed was analysing things.
I think it to be a good way of showing things on TV as having the actor stare on to a whiteboard for 20-30 seconds and then going "I got it" wouldn't really make good TV. The alternative would be the character coming up with the solution after just a quick glance and that also wouldn't make good TV.
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The Korean version is pretty good too. The main actor in the US version makes me think violent thoughts.
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Honestly, we do not have "powers".
Also, this show was made by neurotypicals, not a single Autistic soul.
This is partially correct. An actress with ASD joins in the last season.
They also have had ASD consultants (medical people, not people with ASD themselves) for their entire run and emphasize that ASD people are unique. They repeatedly reiterate that the main character is not representative of all people with ASD but they do have quite a few cringe-inducing scenes throughout most of the run.
It's a soap opera, man. It's not a great representation of anyone but I give them points for trying.
What do you mean? Soap operas can have excellent representation!
Passions had the best "doll brought to life by a hag" represented on TV ever!
Is that so? I don't watch the series, also, soap operas as far as i know are usually a latin american thing (Mostly on countries like Venezuela and México)
A different set of strengths can form the illusion of "powers" if the majority of the people with those strengths are gatekept by ableist systems. I think part of this is just a massive filtration of neurodivergent people who make it into the professional world at every level followed by the observation that we are rare afterward. Well, we aren't, just the ones that succeeded with no systemic backing are rare.
While most of this show is but drama i do remember a few times where something happend that felt almost uncomfortably close to home though.
One can have a superpower, but that needs dedication, self-gaslighting to get yourself onto the correct special interest, and a lot of luck to get the correct learning material tailored for your needs and that your parents won't try to sabotage your efforts for "a more stable career instead of this IT or whatever that will surely fall out of fashion", or "to carry the legacy of legacy of your father working a factory job for someone else".
I‘m sure you mean well. But some people very well have „powers“. Its called giftedness. Those people can be autistic or not. You‘re correct that not all autistics are the same but I feel denied my existence when you say „we dont“.
I'm considered gifted as well and I would never compare it to having "powers". I'm just good at taking IQ tests. That's not what I'd call a power.
It's like everyone is basically average. Good at a few things, and mediocre or worse at everything else.