http://www.ipopculture.net/2009/11/what-do-community-and-the-big-bang-theory-have-in-common/ The blog of David Jones Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.ipopculture.net/2009/11/what-do-community-and-the-big-bang-theory-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-1524 JB Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:46:39 +0000 http://www.ipopculture.net/?p=1105#comment-1524 I think Abed does have Aspergers- the third episode of Community was particularly telling. He had to resort to creating art to communicate on a personal level with his father, and it was really moving to see. I think Abed does have Aspergers- the third episode of Community was particularly telling. He had to resort to creating art to communicate on a personal level with his father, and it was really moving to see.

]]> http://www.ipopculture.net/2009/11/what-do-community-and-the-big-bang-theory-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 DavidJones Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:10:32 +0000 http://www.ipopculture.net/?p=1105#comment-1474 Editor's note: This blog has been edited since its initial post Editor’s note: This blog has been edited since its initial post

]]> http://www.ipopculture.net/2009/11/what-do-community-and-the-big-bang-theory-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-1471 Mark Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:34:25 +0000 http://www.ipopculture.net/?p=1105#comment-1471 Interesting. I don't watch Big Bang, but I do watch Community, and the idea of Abed having Asbergers never occurred to me. I must have missed Jeff's offhanded remark on the show. I guess the reason I missed it is because his character doesn't remind me of the Asbergers I've encountered. I've only known two people with Asbergers. They were very similar to each other in behavior, although different in ages. And they were anything but funny. When their symptoms showed, it was downright awkward, and sometimes sad. Even made me angry at times. Abed is the observer from another culture, candidly commenting on our own. He is a classic comic foil who goes around our traps and defies our logic. He gets the best of us. That's why he's popular. Because that kind of person doesn't really exist. Interesting. I don’t watch Big Bang, but I do watch Community, and the idea of Abed having Asbergers never occurred to me. I must have missed Jeff’s offhanded remark on the show. I guess the reason I missed it is because his character doesn’t remind me of the Asbergers I’ve encountered. I’ve only known two people with Asbergers. They were very similar to each other in behavior, although different in ages. And they were anything but funny. When their symptoms showed, it was downright awkward, and sometimes sad. Even made me angry at times.
Abed is the observer from another culture, candidly commenting on our own. He is a classic comic foil who goes around our traps and defies our logic. He gets the best of us. That’s why he’s popular. Because that kind of person doesn’t really exist.

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