I go to sleep wondering why grown-ups would want to make a movie that pokes fun at people who can’t help themselves. And I wonder if they still would if there was somebody in their own family like me.
—–Med Head, as told by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
I’m only about 40 pages in, but it’s fantastic.
Context: A kid about 8 years old is growing up with Tourette’s syndrome, among other problems. He has rampant tics that control his life and cause endless problems. One night, he saw a movie on TV where they were making fun of a woman with Tourette’s that had the cursing tic.
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