Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi guys,
I think this is a brilliant book which has been adapted to make a wonderfully dynamic play. We did the play for our A-level practical and, after adjusting to dealing with the issue of something very personal to me (the class and teacher were all really supportive, which made it easier) I loved every minute.
I'm just interested to know what other people think of it? I'm not a huge fan of the depicition of Asperger's Syndrome within the book, myself. I find it a bit stereotypical, but that's just my opinion, because I'm very different to Christopher and my challenges often have little in common with what he struggles with. When we were doing the play, I also learned to bear in mind that sometimes protagonists who represent particular issues within society are stereotypical in order to appeal to audiences and to serve as character devices rather than naturalistic representations. The play itself isn't very naturalistic, it's more abstract, but...anyway.
For some reason, the book has been playing on my mind and I was wondering how other people feel about it!
Hope you're all having a good week so far,
LivAgain
I totally agree Yellow Sunflower - I read the book first, before our daughter was diagnosed with autism, and was intrigued by it!
The play is on tour - My Christmas wish would be that GP's, School workers, Social workers etc went to see it - the number of people I have met this year who should know about ASD and didn't, has been very eye-opening!
My only concern were the special effects that were used - I suffer with migraines and the lighting they used was bothering me so I had to close my eyes a lot! A lot of loud noise too, but you are warned before.
I came out of the performance better informed. Yes, a sequal would be a great!