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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 218922" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>OK, let's make a list. Not all these shows get to free-to-air TV in Australia but there are some.</p><p></p><p>"Monk" I feel definitely qualifies.</p><p></p><p>The movie "Shine" about David Helfgott - I reckon Helfgott is Aspie. I don't care what his wife says.</p><p></p><p>Many detective shows these days seem to have an obligatory 'weird' character with a mine of apparently useless information and social ineptness. Goren on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent", House - maybe, but he's allegedly a jaded character due to having become disabled (which I object to as a premise); some TV show whose name I can't think of which had Many Patinkin in it as a profiler, there is a young male profiler on that with shoulder length hair (Leopold Stokowski style) who is socially inept but a brilliant profiler with a mine of information (I just dug up from IMDB that it's "Criminal Minds", the character of Reid and yes, Asperger's is in the profile as a possibility); NCSI, Ducky (played by David McCallum) will talk about a whole lot of apparently irrelevant things and appears socially inept; same series, the character of McGee appears borderline Aspie. And while we're mentioning Mandy Patinkin, what about his character of Jeffrey Geiger in "Chicago Hope"?</p><p></p><p>I think we're in an age when Hollywood and TV has discovered Asperger's for its fascination, entertainment value and talents and is using it.</p><p></p><p>Any more suggestions?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 218922, member: 1991"] OK, let's make a list. Not all these shows get to free-to-air TV in Australia but there are some. "Monk" I feel definitely qualifies. The movie "Shine" about David Helfgott - I reckon Helfgott is Aspie. I don't care what his wife says. Many detective shows these days seem to have an obligatory 'weird' character with a mine of apparently useless information and social ineptness. Goren on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent", House - maybe, but he's allegedly a jaded character due to having become disabled (which I object to as a premise); some TV show whose name I can't think of which had Many Patinkin in it as a profiler, there is a young male profiler on that with shoulder length hair (Leopold Stokowski style) who is socially inept but a brilliant profiler with a mine of information (I just dug up from IMDB that it's "Criminal Minds", the character of Reid and yes, Asperger's is in the profile as a possibility); NCSI, Ducky (played by David McCallum) will talk about a whole lot of apparently irrelevant things and appears socially inept; same series, the character of McGee appears borderline Aspie. And while we're mentioning Mandy Patinkin, what about his character of Jeffrey Geiger in "Chicago Hope"? I think we're in an age when Hollywood and TV has discovered Asperger's for its fascination, entertainment value and talents and is using it. Any more suggestions? Marg [/QUOTE]
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