Being autistic, adhd and random stuff

[diavolo2025]

Is this an adaptation of a French series with a similar premise?

 

[Underscore_2]

I saw confirmation that there's going to be a 3rd , longer tv series called Patience - a police records staffer who's autistic and she helps solve tricky crimes. I believe the first series is available in the US now.

I also collate seemingly irrelevant snippets of information and solve things that didn't even appear to need solving. I'm sure I would have enjoyed those series, but I don't own a TV. That's the price I'm resigned to paying because I refuse to pay a TV licence fee (stealth tax on the poor).

 

[PMarky3]

I also collate seemingly irrelevant snippets of information and solve things that didn't even appear to need solving. I'm sure I would have enjoyed those series, but I don't own a TV. That's the price I'm resigned to paying because I refuse to pay a TV licence fee (stealth tax on the poor).

I can sympathize. I live in Virginia where they just love those stealth taxes and nuisance taxes!*

* The expression 'nuisance tax' comes from a humorous t-shirt logo of the 1980s which began with the line "The government has successfully taxed everything except your dong. However, in the new budget..." Apparently, those with a whopper were to be charged a 'Pole Tax' and so on down the scale until those possessed of a small reproductional appendage were to be charge a 'nuisance tax' which passed into the family lexicon for a small, annoying tax. My whole family is a bit weird.

 

[Noor]

I saw confirmation that there's going to be a 3rd , longer tv series called Patience - a police records staffer who's autistic and she helps solve tricky crimes. I believe the first series is available in the US now.

It’s on pbs passport in the us

 

[stickygirl]

Is this an adaptation of a French series with a similar premise?

They've made no secret of pinching the idea from the French series, Astrid and Raphaelle. The main difference - and a big one - is that the UK version is played by an autistic woman, while the French one isn't.

Having seen both, I can see why the Astrid is popular, because the crime plots have more drama, have some more steamy affairs, but I found their central actor off-putting. I felt she was performing a pastiche of autism and could almost hear her autism coaches pushing her to add more vocal and physical ticks in her portrayal.

By contrast, Patience has a lighter touch. She still has the occasional shutdown and red lines that people keep trampling over, but her reactions felt human, not the mechanical ones shown by Astrid. One might almost expect to see a large key in the back of Astrid where they wind her up each day.

But as I say, Astrid is popular, sub-titled but I've seen commenters shouting in outrage that the UK version is a rip-off and 'How dare they?' and 'I prefer ground coffee, not Nescafe, so there!' You get the picture. I finish the Patience episodes feeling happy, not tense.


ETA
One other point that I feel is relevant, is that employment rates for autistic people in France lag far behind those in the UK - about half the rate. So there's no surprise that they cast a NT woman to play the role of an autistic one. Plus ca change!

 

[PMarky3]

They've made no secret of pinching the idea from the French series, Astrid and Raphaelle. The main difference - and a big one - is that the UK version is played by an autistic woman, while the French one isn't.

Having seen both, I can see why the Astrid is popular, because the crime plots have more drama, have some more steamy affairs, but I found their central actor off-putting. I felt she was performing a pastiche of autism and could almost hear her autism coaches pushing her to add more vocal and physical ticks in her portrayal.

By contrast, Patience has a lighter touch. She still has the occasional shutdown and red lines that people keep trampling over, but her reactions felt human, not the mechanical ones shown by Astrid. One might almost expect to see a large key in the back of Astrid where they wind her up each day.

But as I say, Astrid is popular, sub-titled but I've seen commenters shouting in outrage that the UK version is a rip-off and 'How dare they?' and 'I prefer ground coffee, not Nescafe, so there!' You get the picture. I finish the Patience episodes feeling happy, not tense.

I can imagine that many in the entertainment industry would miss the fact that for many of us autism (and ADHD, etc.) is actually subtle and pervasive rather than immediately obvious. After all, they are trying to tell a story to what is very often a not particularly subtle audience.

 

[diavolo2025]

Thanks for the detailed reply, @stickygirl, much appreciate it. I had known of the series just in passing and i don't watch TV a lot. But your write up has piqued my curiosity on the UK version. I am not surprised that their entertainment industry has more options for neuro-divergent performers, I remember seeing a few excellent series with outstanding performances.

 

[PMarky3]

Judging by the trail of wreckage my AuDHD has been messing with me badly this week. Apparently I forgot to send a set of class notes out, and sent an assignment to the wrong group. Dead embarrassing, but nothing admin is going to shit-a-brick about because I found it reasonably quickly.

Still haven't dealt with the phone company.

Now having trouble with the insurance folks over a piece of inherited property overseas. I used to be able to pay the bill using the debit card, but now I am going to have to do it BACS - which is a hassle.

Right now, I have a compulsive urge to fix the basement window that has been stuck for the last six months.