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  • Nay@feddit.nl
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    3 days ago

    Autistic stereotypes do not equal a legendary performance.

    Not a Musk defender, either. I find him as despicable as most of y’all do.

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      he played a caricature of musk. had he tried to emulate him the point would have been lost.

      Meyers didn’t want to truthfully represent him, but his worst personality flaws personified.

      it’s the only way to offend the keto-addled mind of a drug addicted Nazi.

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        No, I get it. But take away the context and I doubt most people would have known it was even supposed to be Musk.

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      What were the autistic stereotypes? I honestly just saw him mimicking Elon

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        The over exaggerated movements and speech patterns, mostly. Musk is an awkward guy, but they just took it to an absurd level in my opinion.

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          That’s not a stereotype of low support needs autism. That’s just Elon being weird.

          If you look at their parody of other people who are non autistic but wacky, you’ll find the same exaggeration.

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          “they took it to an absurd level”… And you think a comedy sketch show should have chilled with the exaggeration to be more realistic?

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            I think a “Legendary Performance” would have been a little more subtle. The joke was more about mannerisms, and that alone just isn’t deserving of “Legendary”