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Autism: The Musical
Autism: The Musical was one of the documentaries at Cinequest that I was not able to see, but I had heard it had been bought by HBO. Sure enough, yesterday afternoon I was just scanning through channels and there it was! So I watched some of it (it was already half over) and really fell in love. I had thought this was going to be another heartwarming story of autistic kids putting on a musical, and that's all well and good but I really had no interest in watching it during Cinequest - it's predictable, you know? I was sure it was going to be about, you know, severely autistic kids who overcome their difficulties to put on a show... Blah blah blah, and an end with teary eyes because of what they accomplished. But what I saw yesterday was pretty amazing. Many of these kids were highly functioning, and seemed highly intelligent too. (Since I didn't get to see the whole thing yet, I don't know the full story of these kids) The little boy Wyatt for instance was one of the most precocious, intelligence and caring kids I've ever seen on TV or met in real life - I wanted that kid to live on my street so I could be his friend and he would never have to retreat into his "own world" that he disliked so much. Beautiful Henry is actually the son of Stephen Stills from Crosby Stills and Nash. These kids were smart, coherent, amazing and talented. For me, it wasn't about "what the autistic kids can do" but more about actually learning SO MUCH about autism - for instance that so many of these kids were so smart and I never would have known they had autism. And heck, I could have watched a movie solely about Wyatt, autism or no. I checked the listings and it's playing several times today and tomorrow. If you get HBO you should find some way to watch it or tape it. I'm serious. I taped it this morning so I can watch the whole thing. I'm telling you all, as my faithful readers, you won't be disappointed - this was a pretty fantastic documentary. Posted by Pischina at March 26, 2008 7:47 AMComments
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