Kinsey

[charliesmum]

Saw the movie Kinsey on Sunday. It was okay. Interesting. Made me want to find out where I fall on the Kinsey scale.

Anyway...I'm not sure how accurate Liam Neeson's portrayal of Kinsey was, but based on his performance, I wonder if Kinsey didn't have an Autism Spectrum Disorder. His bluntness, his focus on the minutia of things and his occasional inability to deal with people all struck me as some sort of Asburgers.

For example, in the film he is brutally honest about things - when he had a homosexual affair with this guy* he told his wife what he did, and when he overheard the same guy telling the wife that he was getting bored with the man-sex, instead of bounding in and pretending he didn't hear anything, he joined in the conversation.




*FYI for those who haven't seen it yet, there is full frontal male nudity sported by Chris O'Donnell. As I was the only straight girl in the room watching this, it went unremarked upon.

Comments

[finmagik.livejournal.com]

Love your Icon. And I'll have to see that movie as sommeone who has Aspergers, I'm always looking for famous people who might had it in the past. I think Tolkien had it.

[jessii-6.livejournal.com]

I've wantd to see Kinsey back when it wasin the theaters and I had no one to watch it with. Go you (now your comment made me want to see it less, but I'll overcome ugly nude boys)

[narcissusblack.livejournal.com]

Lol, no, that's Peter Sarsgaard who goes full frontal. I *wish* it was Chris. But Peter is lovely too. ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/butter_cup_/]

It's entirely possible. When we were in the diagnosis shopping phase, my son's neuropsych mentioned that my husband exhibited all of the criteria for autism, but only to a sub-clinical degree. Which is to say that he's got it, but it doesn't interfere with his ability to lead a normal life. Both of my men line things up, have an obsessive need for routine, and have bizarre food rituals. They're both quiet and freakishly strong, which seems to be common on the spectrum, in my experience.

Damn woman, autism and full frontal male nudity all in one post. You're my kind of people. :D

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

I liked Kinsey very much. Thought it was well-done and liked the performances.

That said, I know nothing about mental illnesses.