tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9380316.post6974495071901923763..comments2023-06-20T12:00:12.954-04:00Comments on Disability Law: In Which I Anger My FriendsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9380316.post-6939196569645767962011-12-03T09:06:38.068-05:002011-12-03T09:06:38.068-05:00Excellent, thought-provoking post. Responsive-blo...Excellent, thought-provoking post. Responsive-blog-post-provoking, too. http://thoughtsnax.com/2011/12/03/more-on-the-r-word/<br /><br />- AmyAmy Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701712307631107944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9380316.post-17460226852544304572011-12-02T18:00:14.844-05:002011-12-02T18:00:14.844-05:00I've often sort of wondered about this, partic...I've often sort of wondered about this, particularly considering that the Special Olympics actively endorsed The Ringer, which includes <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB2tzkh2gfU" rel="nofollow">this scene</a>. <br /><br />Clearly, the issue is not as simple as whether or not someone says the "r" word during the course of a movie. Considering that there are some great movies in which people use this and other slurs, it's not even plausible to argue that the "r" word automatically makes a movie not worth seeing. Context, including the way that the audience is meant to react to a character's use of the slur, is going to matter a lot. <br /><br />The Ringer, for example, includes scenes like the one linked above, but follows those scenes with positive portrayals of intellectual and developmental disabilities, complete with <i>actors who themselves have disabilities</i>. The overall message is that the initial attitudes of Steve (the main character) and his Uncle Gary were dead wrong. Without those early scenes showing Steve's and Gary's initial prejudice, the rest of the movie would have had less of an impact.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064818894436302156noreply@blogger.com