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Temple Grandin (2010)
Absolutely fantastic
Such a fantastic movie. As an autistic person, I was so impressed at the depictions of how an autistic person might view the world: The misunderstanding of idioms and terms ("up with the rooster," "animal husbandry," "eel ate," etc.) The hypersensitivity with noises and physical sensations. The calming that compression gives. The fear of new situations and environments. And the utter panic and frustration and despair that comes with not understanding, and not being understood. I felt Temple's pain when she was ridiculed and bullied, and I felt her relief and happiness when someone believed in her.
I do feel like the ending was a little forced, with Temple's sudden burst of confidence and everyone enthusiastically listening to her at the conference, but still, a fantastic film that I feel did the neurodivergent community justice.
Sex Education: Episode 4 (2020)
ACE REPRESENTATION!!!
Do you know how often asexuality is represented in popular culture? As someone on the ace spectrum, I can tell you, almost never. So to see an asexual character who is, by society's standards, beautiful, and not otherwise a social outcast at school, is so exciting.
Never Have I Ever (2020)
Mindy Kaling knocks it out of the park again
I will consume anything Mindy Kaling puts out to the world. So when I heard she had a new show coming, I was excited. I knew that it would be funny. And I knew that it would be smart.
I did not expect it to be so deep. All of the characters are well-rounded and complicated.
But one of the things that made me happy was how diverse the cast is. Our cast of characters is made up of people of color, multiple LGBTQ+ characters, and a character with Down Syndrome, yet it's not her identifier. It's part of who she is, but it in no way defines her.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is delightful as Devi, and she and Poorna Jagannathan play such a convincing mother/daughter duo. Ramona Young and Lee Rodriguez are Devi's best friends, and together make such a fun trio of misfits. Darren Barnet is Devi's crush, whom she is wonderfully awkward around, and Jaren Lewison is Devi's arch-enemy (sort of) and the jabs that are thrown between them made me laugh out loud many times.
Oh, and John McEnroe is the narrator of the show. Trust me, it makes sense by the end.
I've watched my way through Season 1 a few times, and I cannot wait for Season 2 to come out. I'm looking forward to many more shenanigans from these kids.