@vivify saidAgreed to the point that he looks intellectual. But perhaps his head is on too straight.
I've said before that Ryan Gosling would make a great choice to play Fischer. He's great at portraying off-kilter characters.
Depp has a bit of a disturbed persona about him.
@vivify saidTo be a very good chess player probably means you tick a few autistic boxes.
Very true; but he's referring to a flaw that's specifically attributed to chess players: the anti-social weirdo.
You won’t really beat a grand master without total dedication and loads of studying. And very few people have that kind of focus.
And to the majority of people, autism (although high functioning, so low on the autistic scale) can feel a little strange.
All this being said, the girl in the Queen’s gambit seems more psychologically traumatized than autistic.
@shavixmir saidAnd deep psychological trauma doesn't lend itself to promoting the focus necessary to produce a grandmaster. It certainly CAN be done, but it is by no means easy.
To be a very good chess player probably means you tick a few autistic boxes.
You won’t really beat a grand master without total dedication and loads of studying. And very few people have that kind of focus.
And to the majority of people, autism (although high functioning, so low on the autistic scale) can feel a little strange.
All this being said, the girl in the Queen’s gambit seems more psychologically traumatized than autistic.
@suzianne saidWell, if say the trauma makes you wary of relationships, you could end up blocking out things like flirting, sex, etc. And thet can lead to a greater focus on other things.
And deep psychological trauma doesn't lend itself to promoting the focus necessary to produce a grandmaster. It certainly CAN be done, but it is by no means easy.
Take the incel community. They’ve managed, by blaming women for their lack of sex, to totally focus on moronity and support trump.
Just imagine if they’d manage to focus on chess!
Which of course they wouldn’t. They’d just end up blaming the queen all the time...
Sorry. Went off on a rant...
@shavixmir saidNotice how the character speaks to others in humorless, socially tone-deaf ways, for most of the series. She's cluelessly blunt at times, all common traits of autism. Seemed to be modelled after Fischer.
All this being said, the girl in the Queen’s gambit seems more psychologically traumatized than autistic.
Of course it's fiction so she matures out of that, unlike actual autistic people. Fischer remained that way his entire life.