I am currently halfway through Lars Von Trier's 'The Idiots', which shows nice young people acting as if they were mentally disabled in order to prove a point to the general public who are not as empathetic as they are.

The film has inspired me to develop a character for a short film of my own. He dribbles, gurns, grunts, throws tantrums and basically has no shame in the presence of his carer mother. But in the solitude of his own bedroom at night, we see his true self, a lovely, sophisticated, intelligent man who likes nothing better than to relax in front of a 'Little Britain' dvd with a glass or two of quality vino.

FIN.