Sick ‘Wicked’ fans troll movie’s disabled actress — before she hits back: ‘Low-hanging fruit’
nypost.comfive-minute TikTok video, shared on Friday, Bode explained that it was fine for audiences to dislike the character, admitting that she is “complex.” However, she criticized fans for highlighting her disability and poking fun at it. “Aggressive comments and jokes about Nessa’s disability itself is deeply uncomfortable, because disability is not fictional,” Bode explained. “At the end of the day, me, Marissa, is the person that is still disabled and in a wheelchair.
And so it is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking.”Representation is important but that’s not the only thing that will save the disabled community.
I need a lot of y’all (non-disabled people) to do the work. To dissect and unlearn your own ableism. Listen to disabled people.
Follow other disabled people outside of just me. Read up on the disability rights movement/watch the documentary Crip Camp! I understand no one likes feeling like they’re being scolded.
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