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Glee: “That’s why we call it dismissing legitimate concerns instead of acting”

By Anna on 16 November, 2009

Basically, after a three week hiatus, the show came back last week, and wow, was there a lot of press about it. Not because of the show’s performance, or the show’s “diversity” award, but because of the controversy that has been suddenly generated by the show.

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Where Are All the People With Disabilities?

By s.e. smith on 24 October, 2009

Crossposted at this ain’t livin’. I would like you to imagine that you are a film producer, or perhaps a television producer. You are making something, and you have decided that since an estimated 20% of the population consists of people with disabilities, that maybe there should be some people with disabilities in your finished [...]

Posted in media and pop culture | Tagged actors with disabilities, characters with disabilities, disabled actors, disabled characters, movies, television | 35 Responses

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