Editing Cecil B. DeMille (section)

=== Public Persona and Visual Fixation ===
DeMille cultivated a distinctive image: leather boots, riding crop, megaphone—symbols of '''authority, control, and ritualized identity'''. He performed as “DeMille” both on and off set, creating a persona that allowed him to '''navigate social spaces through theatrical code''', rather than spontaneous interaction.

His visual style was '''grand, symmetrical, color-coordinated, and highly regulated'''. He was obsessed with costuming, set design, and lighting continuity. This reflects '''autistic visual systemizing''', and the drive to make environments '''function as cognitive extensions''' of internal symbolic order.

He would often '''re-stage entire scenes''' if costumes were misaligned or a gesture unsynchronized. These traits parallel the visual hypersensitivities and '''intolerance of perceptual incongruity''' observed in other autistic creators like Gaudí or Escher.
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