{"id":27649,"date":"2020-07-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stories-about-people-with-disabilities-should-star-disabled-actors\/"},"modified":"2020-07-15T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T11:00:00","slug":"stories-about-people-with-disabilities-should-star-disabled-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stories-about-people-with-disabilities-should-star-disabled-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"#Stories about people with disabilities should star disabled actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35a67f573fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35a67f573fd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stories-about-people-with-disabilities-should-star-disabled-actors\/#Come_As_You_Are_and_the_problem_with_casting_disabled_actors_in_disabled_roles\" >Come As You Are and the problem with casting disabled actors in disabled roles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stories-about-people-with-disabilities-should-star-disabled-actors\/#Stories_about_people_with_disabilities_should_star_disabled_actors\" >Stories about people with disabilities should star disabled actors<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stories-about-people-with-disabilities-should-star-disabled-actors\/#What_representation_means_to_a_member_of_the_disabled_community\" >What representation means to a member of the disabled community<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stories-about-people-with-disabilities-should-star-disabled-actors\/#What_failing_to_accurately_represent_disabled_people_in_media_implies\" >What failing to accurately represent disabled people in media implies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Stories about people with disabilities should star disabled actors<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<article data-initial=\"1\" data-prev=\"303353\" id=\"post-305293\" role=\"article\" target=\"_blank\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<header>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Come As You Are movie, photo courtesy Samuel Goldwyn Films\n\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_850,h_560,c_fill,g_auto,f_auto\/https:\/\/hiddenremote.com\/files\/image-exchange\/2018\/08\/ie_52292-850x560.jpeg\"><\/img><figcaption>Come As You Are movie, photo courtesy Samuel Goldwyn Films<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Come_As_You_Are_and_the_problem_with_casting_disabled_actors_in_disabled_roles\"><\/span>Come As You Are and the problem with casting disabled actors in disabled roles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Come As You Are<\/em> is a film about three disabled men\u00a0who embark on a road <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to a Canadian brothel to lose their virginity.<\/p>\n<p>Although the film revolves around the lives of three disabled men, each of the film\u2019s main characters are portrayed by able-bodied actors. While this may not seem like a huge deal to the casual viewer, it\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened before. At this point, Hollywood seems to be implying that disabled people are unworthy of telling their own stories.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stories_about_people_with_disabilities_should_star_disabled_actors\"><\/span>Stories about people with disabilities should star disabled actors<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The film, which is a remake of a 2011 Belgian film and loosely-based on the true story of Asta Philpot, premiered at South By Southwest in 2019 before being released for digital download on July 17, just in time for the end of Disability Pride Month.\u00a0As the announcement trailer made the rounds on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, several disabled individuals criticized the film for its subject matter.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Honestly, the lack of disabled actors in that movie is the least of my concerns. A cringey movie perpetuating the idea that disableds are both extremely horny and extremely undesirable should\u2019ve never been made in the first place. #ComeAsYouAreFilm<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristen Unsatisfied (@kdub155) July 12, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">also the whole \u201cdisabled people are all virgins, will only get sex if they pay for it and someone out of the goodness of their hearts will sleep with them for money, will always life with their parents who control them like children\u201d storyline bores tf out of me<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 paula ??\u200d\u2640\ufe0f (@whiskeyncokelwt) July 9, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grant Rosenmeyer, an executive producer for\u00a0<em>Come As You Are<\/em>, and one of the film\u2019s leads, was also criticized for his defense of director Richard Wong\u2019s choice to cast able-bodied actors in disabled roles in an interview with Forbes in February.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenmeyer told Forbes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, there are tremendous actors with disabilities, it wasn\u2019t even about that. We had six months to put the film together because we couldn\u2019t afford to pay for the option. The Belgians were like, \u201cOkay, you can have it for six months and we\u2019ll see if you can set it up in six months,\u201d which, if you know anything about setting up a movie it\u2019s normally an 18-month option.<\/p>\n<p>So we had six months to find actors to play these roles who would be willing to do it, get the financing in place, and get get into production. I was told it couldn\u2019t happen and it\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rosenmeyer then went on to say that although the film features three disabled actors in various roles and Philpot makes a cameo, they struggled to secure funding for <em>Come As You Are<\/em>\u00a0without the presence of \u201cbig-name actors\u201d and were told the movie wouldn\u2019t find a large enough audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI sent this to over 100 production companies, the mini majors, and everybody was like, sorry, it\u2019s either too small or there\u2019s not enough of an audience for a story about disability and sex.<\/p>\n<p>You have no stars with disabilities that you can put in and it\u2019s like, well, yeah, you have to make them! Nobody\u2019s gonna finance this thing without names and it\u2019s like, alright, we\u2019ll get some of the name-iest names we can get and create these opportunities to be inclusive and diverse.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_representation_means_to_a_member_of_the_disabled_community\"><\/span>What representation means to a member of the disabled community<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m 24-years-old, and I was born with a disability called Spina Bifida. I am paralyzed from the waist down and use a manual wheelchair. To be honest, representation was never something that I thought about growing up. It was not until I became a teenager that I began to realize the importance of accurate representation of people with disabilities in media.<\/p>\n<p>My first brush with the feeling associated with seeing someone that was like me came in 2011 when I started watching\u00a0<em>Glee<\/em>.\u00a0While I had issues with the character of Artie, I loved seeing a character with a disability on a mainstream television program, and I loved that although the show occasionally addressed Artie\u2019s disability, it wasn\u2019t used as a plot device meant to inspire others.<\/p>\n<p>He lived his life just like his able-bodied peers: joining clubs, hanging out with friends, and falling in and out of love. While I was never a huge\u00a0<em>Glee\u00a0<\/em>fan and stopped watching shortly after Cory Monteith\u2019s death, I quickly began to understand why representation in media matters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a feeling that I would again experience when I began watching <em>Breaking<\/em> <em>Bad<\/em>, and\u00a0when\u00a0<em>Speechless<\/em> premiered on ABC, and\u00a0<em>The Fundamentals of Caring\u00a0<\/em>began streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>It was the feeling that the world was starting to acknowledge that the stories of disabled individuals matter. However, of the three pieces of media that I mentioned, only\u00a0<em>Speechless<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Breaking Bad<\/em> feature a disabled character that\u2019s portrayed by a disabled actor.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in 2016, Variety reported on a study that found that 95% of disabled characters on television were portrayed by able-bodied actors.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_failing_to_accurately_represent_disabled_people_in_media_implies\"><\/span>What failing to accurately represent disabled people in media implies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While I believe that the actor best suited for a role, should be chosen for a role, I reject the notion that able-bodied actors are best suited to tell the stories of disabled individuals. For the record, I also don\u2019t believe that a disabled actor could convincingly portray an able-bodied character. By refusing to cast disabled actors, as Rosenmeyer, to his credit, says, Hollywood is refusing any chance to turn disabled actors into the bankable stars that Hollywood claims they need.<\/p>\n<p>By claiming that a movie about disability and sex won\u2019t find an audience, Hollywood implies that the only stories that are worth featuring disabled characters are ones where they\u2019re the butt of a joke that they\u2019re not in on as in\u00a0<em>Shallow Hal<\/em>.\u00a0They imply that the only stories worth featuring disabled characters are ones where their identity is meant to be a plot device through which their able-bodied peers gain a greater appreciation for life, as in <em>A Walk To Remember<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>They imply that the only stories worth featuring disabled characters are ones where they must come to terms with their disability as in\u00a0<em>The Upside<\/em> or choose suicide such as in <em>Me Before You<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In making that implication, they undermine any meaningful attempt to represent people with disabilities in media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you agree? 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