• Ross_audio@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You’re not wrong they literally have a scene talking about his test scores showing his mentally deficiency on a written test.

    In the film he’s a diagnosed retard.

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      9 months ago

      Which you could charitably read as them not understanding that a speech impediment doesn’t translate to lower intelligence, but reading the book is very jarring because it’s basically narrated by this almost hyper self-aware character who became famous for being portrayed as unthinking, literally mentally challenged and falling into all of these events.