Bones- Strike Two?

Bones- Strike Two?

I really like the television show Bones (Bones: The Complete First Season).  The mysteries are interesting, not easy to figure out, and the dynamics of all the characters is fun.  I’m behind in watching it, since I do it instantly from Netflix. I’m about three seasons behind at the moment.  One episode almost ruined it for me.  I lost a lot of respect for my favorite character, Bones herself. One of their colleagues that they were working with on the case was a little person.  Bravo to the show for placing a person with a disability in a normal role.  It went downhill fast, though.  Bones’s partner Booth was interacting with the guy because that’s what Booth is good at, while Bones is hopeless socially.   After their first meeting with...

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Posted by on May 6, 2011 in Disability Rights, Movies | 6 comments

The Village

The Village

The Village is another “horror” movie using blindness.  I put that in quotes because it’s not really a scary movie, just a bit creepy.  It also doesn’t use blindness to up the ante in quite the same way as most. On the plus side, I like that the blind girl is the only one brave enough to go on the necessary quest. On the negative side, from a story writing perspective, how freaking convenient that they have someone who is blind when no one else could possibly go on this quest?  They have to have someone who can’t see the world beyond the village and there’s one right there.  And she happens to be highly motivated and brave.  Hmmm. So yeah, the disability is completely and totally a plot device.  Most of the movie feels forced...

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Posted by on May 5, 2011 in blind heroine, Disability Rights, Movies | 0 comments

Spying on Disablism

This post is part of the blogging carnival Blogging Against Disablism Day.  Okay, that sounds like I’m blogging against there being a “disablism day.”  It’s a day to blog against disablism, meaning prejudice against those who have disabilities.  It is sponsored by Diary of a Goldfish.     I am not disabled. As someone who is “disability-challenged” (that cracks me up, I love it!), but still caring about those who do have disabilities, I am in an unusual position to observe people’s response to disability when they are not trying to be sensitive. So here are some honest reactions from non-disabled people… *** I went on a date with a nice young man in a wheelchair.  I was living in southern California at the time and...

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Posted by on May 1, 2011 in Disability Rights | 6 comments