Afraid I don't understand the connection - the character of Gregory House lies all of the time, even when there is no need. I really miss Prince George, the character that Hugh Laurie used to play in the British comedy Blackadder. He was nice. Although Hugh Laurie does manage to shed his British accent very impressively and adopt an American accent in "House".
Alison
For awhile people have suspected that House, may actually be an undiagnosed Aspie. He might relate to the Autistic boy in that sense, of being misunderstood by most people. Also, House will lie, but he also feels that alot of patients lie in general. So he probaly would find it refreshing to have a patient that just tells it like it is.
I'd doubt that the character is Aspie - he seems to my mind to be a master manipulator, and manages to get people to do whatever he wants, however grudgingly, by using social stuff against them. I'd like to be able to be that astute a reader of NTs! :grin:
Alison
only one thing questions me...is the illiness related to autism or is it something else, like an actual disease? this is where the quackery could come in about gut problems, etc.
and plus fox is in comptetion with nbc, maybe they are standing up for us.
On the subject of Autism in TV shows, I watched a rerun of the movie "Mercury Rising" last night. I've seen it before, but it was interesting viewing now that I've worked with AS children. Some of the things were spot on and the acting was good, but some of the stuff was laughably off. For instance, the fact that Simon did not trust strangers, but the first pretty young woman that Bruce Willis showed an interest in, Simon was amazingly trusting of, holding her hand and doing whatever she asked. Plus, Simon was sort of "selectively cuddly" and gave hugs to some people and screaming fits to others. So the storyline was a little inconsistent in that regard. But interesting, nonetheless.
Alison
i like mercury risning its not completly accurate but its better than movies like house of cards and silent fall.
i like mercury risning its not completly accurate but its better than movies like house of cards and silent fall.
I know House of Cards might be over-dramatizing Autism. I liked that movie though, it was interesting.
I only got to see half of this. So it was a worm? I liked House's little rant about skinny popular people getting to define what's"normal."
On the Merury Rising topic, I liked parts and not others. However, how is being "selecively cuddly" "laughably off"? It certainly fits with my life experience...
some of the people at school who watched the show (i didn't, i just don't watch the show, but should have), think that house is getting more annoying and obnixous and getting worse.
just wanted to throw that out. but glad the child didn't have some kind of "autism related disease" as the mecury mallita would say, but instead something any kid could get like a worm.
On the Merury Rising topic, I liked parts and not others. However, how is being "selecively cuddly" "laughably off"? It certainly fits with my life experience...
Perhaps I was looking at it from my personal experience of face blindness, which I don't think was a problem with the character in the movie, admittedly. The fact that he didn't trust any strangers ever - except for the woman they met in a cafe who Bruce Willis's character dumped the kiddie onto. No screaming fits there, he let her put him to bed and next morning watched TV at her place as good as gold. But they also said he "didn't like to be touched", but then he got all sweet and touchy-feely cuddly at the end when Bruce Willis's character was leaving. To me, cuddles merely are an efficient way of spreading germs.
Alison
On the Merury Rising topic, I liked parts and not others. However, how is being "selecively cuddly" "laughably off"? It certainly fits with my life experience...
Perhaps I was looking at it from my personal experience of face blindness, which I don't think was a problem with the character in the movie, admittedly. The fact that he didn't trust any strangers ever - except for the woman they met in a cafe who Bruce Willis's character dumped the kiddie onto. No screaming fits there, he let her put him to bed and next morning watched TV at her place as good as gold. But they also said he "didn't like to be touched", but then he got all sweet and touchy-feely cuddly at the end when Bruce Willis's character was leaving. To me, cuddles merely are an efficient way of spreading germs.
Alison
Oh, yeah, it's been awhile since I've seen the movie, but I see the inconsistancies you mention. But I was, and am, selectively cuddly. I really do like it, but only sometimes and only with specific people. I don't like to be touched in general, but it's nice in the right setting. When I was really young, though, I would sometimes trust a new person for no reason other than I felt safe and accepted by them. I could see myself cuddling with them while watching TV or letting them put me to bed...
idk i talked to a NT freind of mine whos a fan and she seems to think that house wishes he was an aspie so he would have an excuse for being a jerk
Well, that's the discussion that two other characters on the show had. The overall idea from the show made it seem otherwise, though.
I only got to see half of this. So it was a worm?
Well, to be more exact, it was worms (plural). The kid had eaten some of his sandbox sand, and the sand in the box had been theoretically tainted by an animal using it as a toilet. The worms had spread to a bunch of areas of the kid's body. The really gross part was that they were in his eyes, and he could see the little shadows of them swimming across his vision. That's why he kept drawing those squiggly lines.
It's not the first time they've used graphic imagery like that in House. I think it's what keeps the fans coming back to watch it. Like, what freaky disease will they have to deal with next.
I'm also selectively cuddly. Some people can be trusted right away but there are others I would not want to touch me with a 10 foot pole.