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‘Too Sane for This World’ Review

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Christopher Campbell
Apr 07, 2014
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I learned about autism from Boston Legal. The character Jerry Espenson, made distinct by his weird quirks, such as purring and walking with his hands clasped to his thighs, is revealed to have Asperger syndrome. While the show treated him sympathetically, it wasn’t above using his social dysfunction for laughs, and it also wildly misrepresented how thos…

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