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The Holdovers is an autism coded film with autistic coded protagonists, and that is my headcanon and I will die on this hill. In this essay I will...
I don't have the time to elaborate on why I think this is right now. I will attempt to explain later. Perhaps.
I mean...this quote alone, "I find the world a bitter and complicated place. And it seems to feel the same way about me. You and I have that in common, I think."
Also I don't even think this is necessarily a purposeful coding on the writer and director's part. I think it just shook out that way, and it doesn't even matter to me if it was an intentional choice or not. Like Paul McCartney said, it's not his job to tell the listener of his music what it means. Art is in the eye of the beholder.
Also I know my blog is primarily centered around Lennon/McCartney and the Beatles but if anyone wants to talk about The Holdovers with me, I've been obsessed with it since I watched it for the first time after it came out.