Posted on 09/12/2010 5:51:29 PM PDT by hecht
Recently, my family and I went to Disneyland in California. In the California Adventure Park, we watched the otherwise splendid Alladin musical. What disturbed me was that in the chorus was a disabled actress in an electric wheelchair. She had no speaking roles and while her counterparts danced to the music she simply rolled her cart in circles. Having an autistic child, I am happy to see the handicapped perform. However ( and perhaps I am sensitive) I fid it distasteful to have someone one stage just to have gratuitous , politically correct window dressing. Obviously she couldn't play Jasmine , but if they want to show "how sensitive " Disney is , why not give the handicapped actress a speaking role? Or was their intent to keep her out of the way , but get credit with liberal fascist number crunchers that will claim discrimination if they dont hire the requisite number of disabled. Having obvious tokens does not help the self esteem of the handicapped. It did not make my autistic son feel any better.
I saw the same show. No such dancer.
Perhaps it was a “Make a Wish” foundation situation where a child’s wish to be on stage was granted as a one time deal.
We enjoyed the show and found it pretty good. They change it around to update the topical references and deal with the on stage situation.
I saw that movie so long ago, I don’t remember anything except the title.
Those pics are great! That poor African guy looks emaciated though.
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