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Autism Major 
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DISABILITY |
Autism
Learning difficulty |
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NOTES |
In this
comedy shyness is seen as a sign of creativeness. |
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Peter
Sellers plays a gardener with learning difficulties who |
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all his
working life has remained within the grounds of his |
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employer's
Washington town house. His employer dies and |
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he is thrust
into the outside world. His simplicity and his |
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simple views
on life make him the toast of Washington |
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society.
This film is satire but provocative in its depiction of |
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attitudes
towards someone who is different. |
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Taken from
book by Jerzy Kosinski who wrote screenplay |
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(also see
his book 'The Painted Bird' about a child alone |
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Compare with
'An Angel at my Table'. |
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