The Shower Scripter
The Scene: Interior hallway of suburban family home. The autistic teen is in the bathroom directly off the hallway. The sound of a shower running can be heard from behind the closed door of the bathroom. The autistic teen enters the shower and begins speaking loudly. He is scripting. He begins one of his favorite and most-quoted scenes from The Princess Bride – “Battle of Wits.” His mother, across the hallway in her office, smiles as she listens to him. Last week in the shower, he scripted Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom in an original Pink Panther scene. The week before that, he sang a song from Toy Story. The mother recognizes, since she has heard it so often, that the current scene is nearing its end as her son’s voice rises. She laughs as she hears him deliver the final intonation.
Autistic teen: Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line!
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13 Responses to “The Shower Scripter”
January 8th, 2010 at 3:36 am
lol .. one of my favorite movies ever!
January 8th, 2010 at 5:43 am
he really is amazing. a walking library. he could save you all sorts of money on movie rentals, just have him recite from favorites instead.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Classic, also a favorite of my hubby’s and I own it to. It must be fun to listen to him. I am glad to hear that he is doing so well with school and wrestling. Hope you see you soon.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:25 am
So funny! I’m sure it’s fun to listen to him. Wonder what he’ll choose next week?!
January 8th, 2010 at 9:43 am
One of THE most quotable movies of all time!
January 8th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Inconceivable! Lol.
January 8th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
I do love that movie too. I could quote the whole thing at one point too. But, alas, my mind is not nearly as sharp as Nigel’s and I’ve long-since been unable to quote with perfection.
January 8th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
A great scene. We just watched this with the kids recently.
“You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
January 9th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Good solid advice!
January 9th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
“You keep saying that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.”
LOVE this movie! And LOVE that he knows that scene – priceless!
January 9th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Rocky’s been doing lines from the movie, Watchmen, lately in the shower. I think I’d prefer Princess Bride.
BTW Thanks for crying with me the other day.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
I always tell my graduate students in special education that disability is on the continuum. Behaviors can be normal or not depending on intensity, duration, place, etc. etc. My daughter spent months of her early life only answering to whichever character she was currently enamored with. Alice (in Wonderland) for 3 months, Dorothy (of Oz) for 4 months, etc. etc. Princess Bride was and continues to be an obsession. She does not have autism but, as I said, it is all on a continuum. Does your son channel Westeley? Andre the Giant? Thank you for sharing!
January 11th, 2010 at 9:40 am
After Casablanca this is my most favorite movie!
How fun to hear movies being quoted all day long. (Oh, wait, I get to hear movies and SpongeBob and bus conversations repeated all day long.)
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