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He has lots of “friends” who mostly feel sorry for him and mutter about him behind his back. Like Oh, he’s incredibly excited about everything going on around him, and will immediately strike up a (very one-sided) conversation with anyone he sets eyes on. When I watched the movie the first time, Oh reminded me of this kid who goes to my school. And that’s the main feature of Asperger Syndrome. He’s trying to be annoying – he just can’t recognize nonverbal cues at all. He seems to understand that he’s doing something wrong (he regrets all the mistakes he’s made, and later confesses to Tip that he feels outcasted), but he can’t seem to pin down exactly what.
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Tone of voice, facial expressions, even overt gestures like sneaking around to avoid him all escape his notice. And I’m not talking about with humans, which would be understandable, since they’re two different species.
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Well, he’s annoying, right? But how is he annoying, exactly? When you really look at his interactions in the film, it’s clear that has no idea how to interpret social cues. It’s not a facade of “trying to fit in, but I know in my heart that I don’t belong here” up until he meets Tip, we see that he worships Captain Smek, is excited about moving day, and generally does everything that a good Boov should. Instead of being someone who rejects his society, or doesn’t like socializing, or has some other opposing interests, Oh is unceasingly enthusiastic about Boov culture and goes out of his way to socialize at every opportunity. But there’s something interesting about Oh that sets him apart from the normal outcast or loner. No surprise there the social outcast/All Of The Other Reindeer trope has been a staple of cinema since forever. I firmly believe that Oh the alien is either mentally disabled – possibly with Asperger’s or another autism spectrum disorder – or meant as a metaphor for a disabled person.įirst of all, we’re shown right off that bat that Oh struggles to fit into Boov society. I’m surprised that I haven’t seen anyone talking about this yet, because it was literally the first thing that popped into my head when I saw Home on Friday.