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Foroveronehundredyears,disabledcharactershavebeenubiquitousinHollywoodmovies.CharactersinfilmssuchasTheHunchbackofNotreDame,AChristmasCarol,ToKillaMockingbird,OfMiceandMen,WhatEverHappenedtoBabyJane,Charly,BornontheFourthofJulyandMillionDollarBabyaredemonized,sainted,infantilizedanddesexualized.Asvillains–Mr.Potter,ElijahinUnbreakable--theyareembittered,thusdriventokill.Asvictims–MillionDollarBaby--theyarenotwholepeopleandthusdriventosuicide.Aspariahs–ElephantMan--theyareshunned.Asparagons–TinyTim,JohnnyBelinda--theysuffergreatlyandarethereforeclosertoGod.<br/> UsingthenotoriouslymisunderstoodfilmFreaksasaframe,theWPACollective,ledbyartistswithdisabilities,isinproductiononCodeoftheFreaks,thefirstdocumentarytocriticallyexamineHollywoodrepresentationsofcharacterswithdisabilities.Usingexamplesfromasfarbackas1898throughthepresent,weinterrogatehowthedisabledcharacterisusedthroughthedecades,askingwhatthisimagerymeans,whoisserved,howitshapesourideasaboutdisabledpeopleandhowrepresentationsofdisabledcharactershaveevolved.<br/> OurTourGuidesforthisexplorationareourownrowdyandbitinglyhilariousgroupofdisabledactivists,artistsandcritics.Our“cast”breaksitdown,deflates,pokesfunandseriouslyanalyzesmetaphoricalmovietrends:CureMeorKillMe,MagicalCreature,MonstersandVillains,MentallyIllManiacsandBlindWomenVictimsvsBlindMenSuperheroes.
