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aris_tgd(As I love this community and would like to see more traffic here, I thought I'd crosspost a more general-discussion-friendly post I made on the third episode of Dancing on Wheels. This draws a lot from what I've learned about disability portrayal in media from this community and from FWD/Forward, but I'd like to emphasize that while I'm interested in ally work I don't myself ID as a PWD. Or British, for that matter.
This is adapted slightly from when it was originally posted at my DW account and contains spoilers for Episode 3 of the series.)
So the drama in Episode 3 of Dancing on Wheels is interesting because it's the first time on the show they've really talked about the representation of people with disabilities on and because of the show. And given the subject, I'd like to talk about the edit that the producers gave Simone and Harry this week.
Firstly, I want to say that this post isn't about either Simone or Harry as people. But I think we all know that producers and editors manipulate footage to tell a story, and it's the story that I'm critiquing, not the people involved.
( Spoilers under the cut )
This is adapted slightly from when it was originally posted at my DW account and contains spoilers for Episode 3 of the series.)
So the drama in Episode 3 of Dancing on Wheels is interesting because it's the first time on the show they've really talked about the representation of people with disabilities on and because of the show. And given the subject, I'd like to talk about the edit that the producers gave Simone and Harry this week.
Firstly, I want to say that this post isn't about either Simone or Harry as people. But I think we all know that producers and editors manipulate footage to tell a story, and it's the story that I'm critiquing, not the people involved.
( Spoilers under the cut )