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This was a beautiful article. How inspiring it must be for Alex Sharp to meet autistic fans that he is representing in his acting work and to have them feel so strongly about the show. I'd imagine one of the most delicate things to take on as an actor would be any sort of mental illness with which one is unfamiliar; even more so, to do it on the Broadway stage. Sharp and the entire Curious Incident team must feel an enormous amount of responsibility to accurately, respectfully and honestly represent a very underrepresented group in our culture. The human mind and how it is received in society is a fascinating beast to explore, and to do that with such success in a public way gives great headway for further tackling issues of intolerance in regards to mental illness.
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This was a beautiful article. How inspiring it must be for Alex Sharp to meet autistic fans that he is representing in his acting work and to have them feel so strongly about the show. I'd imagine one of the most delicate things to take on as an actor would be any sort of mental illness with which one is unfamiliar; even more so, to do it on the Broadway stage. Sharp and the entire Curious Incident team must feel an enormous amount of responsibility to accurately, respectfully and honestly represent a very underrepresented group in our culture. The human mind and how it is received in society is a fascinating beast to explore, and to do that with such success in a public way gives great headway for further tackling issues of intolerance in regards to mental illness.
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