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Does "Atypical" get better?

Damojo

Watched my first episode of Atypical on Netflix last night. I got to laugh at the stereotypical Autistic guy's faux pas and watch his burdened family spend all their time tormented with worry about his future. Does this show get better? It certainly feels a bit uncomfortable and cringe-y from the outset. I'm wondering if it's worth the investment.

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  • Atypical seems to be an interesting one. I personally really enjoyed it. I cannot remember the first episode to tell you whether it gets better or whether if you don't like it then you won't like any of it.

    It has however been met with a lot of criticism. Some of which were admittedly people missing the point of the comedy. But other bits I didn't understand.

    I'm intrigued which parts you felt were stereotypical. One of the big criticisms was that having an obsession was stereotypical. And I guess it is.... but for good reason. Just look at the number of posts on here about special interests. So many of us have ones that are so meaningful and important to us myself included. So I don't understand the issue with that. Nor with him struggling socially. Again there are countless posts on here about these difficulties.

    I get the difficulty with his family being portrayed as burdened. But many families of autistic kids do spend their time tormented with worry about their futures. So again, I'm a little confused about the issue here.

    It's a comedy show so it's going to be over done to make the point and keep it funny.

    Obviously each to their own and if you don't like it you don't like it. I'm just interested in the reasons why.

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    Expecto_Patronum said:

    I get the difficulty with his family being portrayed as burdened. But many families of autistic kids do spend their time tormented with worry about their futures. So again, I'm a little confused about the issue here.

    I think it's more my take-away from episode 1: Autism is a terrible affliction. We got to laugh at Sam and feel sorry for everyone around him ... and that was about it. It's the lack of any other dimension that I have a problem with, I think.

    I note that the producers recruited some #ActuallyAutistic people for later seasons after receiving criticism for the earlier ones. Maybe I'll give it a go and see how it pans out.

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  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum
    Expecto_Patronum said:

    I get the difficulty with his family being portrayed as burdened. But many families of autistic kids do spend their time tormented with worry about their futures. So again, I'm a little confused about the issue here.

    I think it's more my take-away from episode 1: Autism is a terrible affliction. We got to laugh at Sam and feel sorry for everyone around him ... and that was about it. It's the lack of any other dimension that I have a problem with, I think.

    I note that the producers recruited some #ActuallyAutistic people for later seasons after receiving criticism for the earlier ones. Maybe I'll give it a go and see how it pans out.

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