1: a decade ago I watched a robot chicken episode with a parody of Monk called Cork the autistic detective. You can probably guess the amount of nuance and sensitivity this portrayal had, I actually called my mom over to show it to her to see if she could help me understand why it made me so sad
2: just watched Good Time, featuring one of the Safdie brothers playing a disabled adult who at the end of the movie gets put in a kind of adult daycare group therapy, the movie as a whole is pretty grim with a downer ending but that aspect especially made me depressed
Important context is that I have autism, and from the end of 6th grade to graduation I went to a school for kids on the spectrum, ranging from high functioning like me to completely nonverbal, and I fucking hated it and the resulting effects and trauma are probably a big part of why I'm Like This today, but that's a story for another time maybe.
Can you elaborate on how Good Time's ending is a downer? I mean sure, as a member of society I can relate to the plight of Pattinson's character who is desperately trying to avoid the scrutiny and condescension of neoliberal, means-tested bureaucracy but you got to recognize that he is a sociopath at worst, lumpenprole at best, and is honestly just trying to salvage his own pride as sole provider for his family in a capitalistic framework. I'm probably just being a dumb, neurotypical lib but isn't it a good thing the developmentally disabled Safdie brother finally gets the government assistance that he needed?
It's not really clear how Nick feels about the situation he's placed in, but my own experiences with those types of condescending adult daycare style places would make me wanna hang myself within an hour