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December 18, 2006
The autist theory: Mamet's H'wd syndrome
David Mamet's new book," Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business," gets previewed by NY Daily News' Rush & Molloy. Mamet, they report, presents the daring theory that Hollywood's creators suffered from a form of autism. 
"Asperger's syndrome helped make the movies... The symptoms of this developmental disorder include early precocity, a great ability to maintain masses of information, a lack of ability to mix with groups in age-appropriate aways, ignorance of or indifference to social norms, high intelligence, and difficulty with transitions married to a preternatural ability to concentrate on the minutiae of the task at hand... This sounds to me like a job description for a movie director. Let me also note that Asperger's syndrome has its highest prevalence among Ashkenazi Jews and their descendants.… This group constitutes… the bulk of America's movie directors." [Mamet doodle from Huffington Post.]
Posted by Ray Pride at December 18, 2006 09:05 AM
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