Face Equality Day and Wonder, the movie
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Today is the UK's first Face Equality Day, a day to increase awareness of Face Equality, the campaign to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and equally whatever the appearance of their face or body.
The trailer for Wonder, the movie has come out about based on the best-selling novel by RJ Palacio. WONDER tells the story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
The book had rave reviews but the film is causing some controversy as the actor playing the young boy does not have any disability or facial differences.
What do you think?
https://www.facebook.com/WonderTheMovie/videos/677988089056749/
The trailer for Wonder, the movie has come out about based on the best-selling novel by RJ Palacio. WONDER tells the story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
The book had rave reviews but the film is causing some controversy as the actor playing the young boy does not have any disability or facial differences.
What do you think?
https://www.facebook.com/WonderTheMovie/videos/677988089056749/
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The old white men running Hollywood don't think reality sells. There was the #OscarsSoWhite fiasco too.
Using non-disabled actors allows them to maintain the "it's not real" atmosphere.
"Able-Bodied Actors Play 95% of Disabled Characters in Top 10 TV Shows, Says New Study"
"Able-bodied" is the inadequate term their observation article used *sigh.*.
Attractive "invisible disability" people are sometimes tolerated though
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