Since several of us agree with Lennard-any ideas how to proceed?
Phyllis Rubenfeld
On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Ron Amundson wrote:
> Russell said:
>
> >I agree, Lennard.
>
> Me too.
>
> >It is especially imperative that we make the media
> >responsible for getting input from the disability community for those
> >accounts about disability that are not supposed to be 'fictional' such as
> >the polio doc. Documentaries are perceived by the public as the way
> >things actually happened. But we all know how they are no less open to
> >biased and stereotypical construction as other representational
> >endeavors.
> ...
> >I think we
> >have more of a chance of holding the media accountable in these areas
> >than in imaginative flights of fancy. Unfortunately, artistic license
> >shackles us in that realm.
>
> I'm not sure I agree with this. When studios use 'artistic license' to give
> bigotted depictions of ethnic minorities, members of those minorities raise
> hell. I would _hope_ that people take documentaries more seriously than
> dramas and comedies, but bigotry is enforced in many ways. I've started to
> notice the pervasively negative uses of disabilities in the British
> mysteries shown on A&E and PBS. Everyone in a wheelchair has a twisted
> psyche.
>
> Ron
>
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> Ron Amundson
> University of Hawaii at Hilo
> Hilo, HI 96720-4091
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