Wednesday 8 August 2012

Rain Man


Raymond (Rain Man) is the older autistic-savant brother of character Charlie Babbitt . The character of Raymond is inspired from the real life savant, Kim Peek.

When Charlie was too young to speak clearly, he couldn't pronounce Raymond but call out Rain Man instead.It was Raymond who sang to Charlie, but when Raymond burnt Charlie with hot bathing water their father decided to send Raymond to Wallbrook.


"Raymond has a problem communicating and learning. He can't even express himself or probably even understand his own emotions in a traditional way. There are dangers everywhere for Raymond. Routines, rituals are all he has to protect himself. [...] Well, it's the way he acts, sleeps, eats, uses the bathroom, walks, talks, everything. Any break from that routine is terrifying. [...] He doesn't understand the concept of money."



This genius who could solve most complicated calculation problems and memorize entire phone directories, was being left to stay in a psychiatric Institution for 20 years. It is only after when Charlie got him out of the Institution he was able to see the new world.

He had a very stringent routine. His bedtime is at 11pm sharp.
He is obsessed with few habits. Pancakes being placed on the table before the maple syrup is one of them. He gives a definite NO for travelling in the airplane and can do whatever it takes to stop you from making him believe otherwise. (Be it panicking)

A very kind hearted Rain Man is forced to go back to Wallbrook for his custody still belongs to that place.
But over his journey with Charlie, both the siblings come emotionally closer to each other.

Here is a short video of this character:



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