Would you like to see more people with disabilities playing people with disabilities in movies? Heres an interesting and thought-provoking interview with playwright Christopher Shinn, in which he highlights how disability is natural and the largest minority group in the United States to which anyone can suddenly find him/herself a member. Also, he discusses why a resistance to casting people with disabilities in comparative roles is limiting the acceptance of disability in society: cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/07/30/disability-as-metaphor-christopher-shinn/
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:45:55 +0000