tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post4958525939622162709..comments2023-09-29T06:00:09.242-05:00Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: Triumph over adversity -- a fairy tale, Disney-fied versionJulie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-87123664931362503842010-05-18T12:01:45.601-05:002010-05-18T12:01:45.601-05:00I think too much of the arts has slacked off into ...I think too much of the arts has slacked off into "clever" which is actually lazy depiction. It's so rare I am awakened and refreshed by a True Character Role.<br /><br />When I read The Help recently, I was so impressed, not the least of which was the ability of the author to marry true characteristics that truly humanize a person.<br /><br />Yolanda, so true about that show -- yes, absolutely. it just *is* and isn't that really more true to life anyway?<br /><br />Deb, I agree that archetypes are useful. I think the most intelligently artistic way to manage them, though, let them be the symbol and then a regular human being. KWIM?<br /><br />Maggie, yeah, true and well-done I think. It's interesting that Sue is the character who interacts with both, and so differently. One furthers her as symbol of our culture and the other humanizes here. I love that show! LAYERS!!!Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-62429088278819168252010-05-14T16:36:19.419-05:002010-05-14T16:36:19.419-05:00It’s one of the things that I’ve always liked abou...It’s one of the things that I’ve always liked about CSI Las Vegas. The actor who plays the chief medical examiner is a double amputee and walked on prosthesis with the aid of canes. They have never had a Very Special Episode that explains why he uses canes or limps. He is not The Heroic Disabled Doctor. He is simply, the doctor. It’s matter-of-fact. And the actor does a damn fine job playing the role, and has done so for almost a decade, now. As it should be.Yolandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12388052616712145572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-41271016790152880912010-05-12T09:23:54.359-05:002010-05-12T09:23:54.359-05:00I actually think about this type of question a lot...I actually think about this type of question a lot, because I love storytelling and Jungian archetypes, and as a writer and reader/viewer I think even very human conditions (disabilites, being gay, gender, age) can be useful symbols of, as you said, challenges, or of other qualities. But then again, they can become stereotypes or exploitive catchalls. I do wish the television and film industry saw actors in a more diverse light with people with differences simply appearing in rolls that didn't highlight their differences. I used to watch Law and Order and remember them doing pretty well with this, but don't know if that's still true. I know I love it when a character is fat, but just IS, you know, because some teachers-lawyers-moms-crossing guards just ARE, and not because the show wants to have an episode focusing on it.Deb Roxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149071375558799305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-23782969198747348912010-05-11T13:04:17.896-05:002010-05-11T13:04:17.896-05:00Performing Arts Studio West, is a creative arts d...Performing Arts Studio West, is a creative arts day program in Los Angeles California, that works with adults with developmental disabilities and that advocates to the entertainment industry to not only hire actors with disabilities to play both characters with and without disabilities, but to also write more parts for actors with disabilities to play. <br /><br />Celebrating 12 years, PASW is a year round, Monday through Friday, progam that teaches acting, music, dance and technical disaplines for film, TV & theater. They also produce original material for all mediums. 7 years ago, PASW opened its Talent Management division and has booked almost 900 roles for their clients in TV, film, stage, commercials, music videos, print ads & voice overs. It's truely a one-of-a-kind facility, found nowhere else in the world.<br /><br />Most importantly, PASW builds self esteem,confidence and social skills that their clients with autism, Downs syndrome, CP, MS, MR, and countless other developmental disabilities have.Randy Klinenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238061209815856059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-18539742998391521732010-05-11T11:49:16.928-05:002010-05-11T11:49:16.928-05:00In addition to the guy in the wheelchair on Glee, ...In addition to the guy in the wheelchair on Glee, there are two small recurring characters who have Down syndrome. For real, not like wheelchair dude. I think that's a good thing.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.com