Good lord. Aside from Mary Steenburgen, I'd like to punch every one of those people in the throat.
There's a dinner scene from another movie that I'm always telling people is a great representation of AS. It's the scene in Sherlock Holmes when Holmes meets Watson's fiance. It doesn't seem to be on YouTube, so I'll just copy and paste what I wrote about it in another topic:
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Before Watson and Mary arrive at the restaurant, Holmes is experiencing sensory overload, his eyes darting all over the place as he notices every little detail around him, and the volume level is cranked up to give the viewer an idea of what he's hearing. (There's a similar scene in the sequel, when someone asks Holmes, "What do you see?" He replies, "Everything. That is my curse.") When Watson and Mary show up, Holmes is completely oblivious that what he's saying to Mary is crossing the line. He offends her by accident and gets a glass of wine thrown in his face. Mary rushes out, Watson chases after her, and Holmes is left to finish his meal alone, with a look on his face that says, "Well, I f**ked it up again."
19 Mar 2012, 2:42 pm
