And speaking of the Mori test
Jun. 3rd, 2016 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I think we need a disability version.
Does the film:
1) Include a disabled character
2) Who isn't used for inspiration porn
3) There is no three
Does the film:
1) Include a disabled character
2) Who isn't used for inspiration porn
3) There is no three
Re: My version
Date: 2016-06-04 01:39 pm (UTC)The obvious upside to this is that I'm spared the teasers for upcoming shows that push sexist, racist, bullying culture that I don't want in my life (it's not enough that I choose not to watch "Survivor," or "Big Brother" when they air, because ads for them still show up during the commercials in shows I do choose to watch).
The downside is that I no longer catch random glimpses of shows, from mid-episode, side-by-side (which gave me a good sense of the overall trends in the mood of our culture).
But back when I did channel surf, I could tell, in 3 seconds or less, if a crowd scene was part of a fictional program or was the backdrop to a news report / live filming.
In the latter, there's always a visibly disabled character somewhere in the crowd (often elderly), just because the crowd on the street in a city like Manhattan, or the center of London, or Madrid will easily have close to a hundred people, and in that setting, one in five people are likely to be physically disabled.
In the former (in a fictional show set in a city) there will never be someone who is visibly disabled, because all those extras were hired by the casting director, and they just don't think of hiring the disabled.
Once -- once I was watching the cop show "Unforgettable," and a person in a wheelchair wheeled by in the crowd... and I cheered.
... until, 20 minutes or so later, it was revealed that he was there to be a nearly-overlooked witness with a vitally important clue; he was a wounded vet from Afghanistan, and so was the victim (or the suspect, I forget which) and he was wheeling himself to the Veterans' Affairs office for counseling (of course he was -- even as a bit character only there for info-dumping, the only reason he'd be out in public would be to deal with some complication arising from his disability [/cynicism]).
Which is why I did not include "named character" in my minimal goals: I'd almost be happier if the disabled character were nameless and in the background -- just part of the normal background of public life and a member of society.
Heck -- have that "Wants something" and "Tries to get it" be buying a newspaper and a coffee" at the convenience shop on the corner, or "Wants to take the dog for a walk."
Re: My version
Date: 2016-06-04 09:19 pm (UTC)