This movie subverts EVERYTHING that Richard Pimentel worked for. There are NO SPEAKING roles for disabled actors/actresses.
Did the writer & director learn nothing from the story of Pimentel?
FYI--Richard Pimentel was an advisor for the film.
shareJust offhand, your "injustice" statement is obviously not true. The little person is played by a little person, for a start. Leslie Neilsen is, and has been for many years, pretty near stone deaf. I'd expect there are plenty of other examples in the cast and crew.
shareGenuinely out of curiosity, ted, is it considered a disability to be a little person? I really don't know!
GK: Every show is your last show. That's my philosophy.
Rhonda: Thank you, Plato.
I suppose that depends on whom you ask. Someone who's congenitally crippled from their mom being given Thalidomide may or may not consider themselves "disabled." Local LA newscaster Bree Something-or-other has a congenital deformity of stunted, twisted hands, but she doesn't consider either herself or her daughter (who also has the deformity) "disabled. Bree's made quite a career for herself.
A short person may or may not classify themselves as "disabled." It's certainly an inconvenience to have to reach up to turn a doorknob, or climb onto a step stool to work at a counter. Is it "disabled"? I suppose you'd have to make that decision yourself.
I guess it really does depend on who you ask. Some might view themselves as disabled, while some might just say they're at a disadvantage in certain areas.
GK: Every show is your last show. That's my philosophy.
Rhonda: Thank you, Plato.