What do you think of Special?

DavidOnline

In case you haven't seen it, Special is a new Netflix series where the main character has cerebral palsy.

It is a comedy. At the same time, on the plus side, it is educating the public about CP.

I just wondered what the community here thought about this series.

I don't want to give any spoilers away. But for me, it's great that Netflix have commissioned this series. A thing like this is long overdue.

However, it should be just the beginning.

Mostly the only famous people with CP are comedians. Is that the best we can do? Laugh at ourselves?

It does remind me of the days 100 years ago when the only way black person could become a celebrity was to become a singer or a comedian, laughing at themselves.

Am I being unfair?

I would like to see actors with CP and other disabilities playing regular parts in regular dramas.

I'd like to see actors with CP playing lead parts, heroes and heroines, looking cool, and being great role models.

Then we will know we've really arrived and not just being treated with a little corner of broadcasting time to "educate" the public with a laugh-sugared pill.

Adrian_Scope

Hi @DavidOnline
I haven't seen it yet but I had very similar thoughts when watching 'Speechless' with my children. It's a sitcom about a teenager with CP starring Micah Fowler.