Very Dinklage Christmas
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That's not what the research says. Study shows lack of opportunity for disabled actors. The full PDF report, co-authored by actor Danny Woodburn who is best known for his role on Seinfeld, is linked in that article.
Tl;dr Actors with disabilities "were repeatedly subjected to negative stigma and preconceived biases by casting agents and producers" and less than 2% of actors cast had disabilities.
Even the Executive VP of talent and casting at CBS Entertainment agrees:
“There are so many talented performers available who are often overlooked and are not being considered for roles, so our goal with this initiative is to help bridge that gap.”
I'm literally taller than every country's average height, but that's OK - an inability to empathise is a disability too. I still think you're capable of meaningful contribution to society, even if you didn't come close to that here. Better luck next time, friend!
And if he had said it, I wouldn't have said anything. But humor is a really complex thing, not always associated with pleasant feelings. It can be a social strategy and coping mechanism too.
Unfortunately this one is PDF only but it explores all the complex social themes in some depth from an ethnicity perspective: Dobai, A ; Hopkins, N. (2019) Humour is serious : Minority group members’ use of humour in their encounters with majority group members. European Journal of Social Psychology.
literally human Chihuahua
Dehumanisation, like infantilisation, is another problem for people in marginalised groups.
And if Dinklage said it, I wouldn't have bothered to say anything, even if I still have thoughts on that topic. Because he has the right to tell jokes about his experiences. But the fact he didn't say it is worth highlighting.
There is a lot to be said for the psychology of humor, with a wealth of research about in-group and out-group humor (mostly from a race and gender perspective, because people with disabilities often experience poorer educations) that dives into how humor is often used as a strategy to survive and compete. Ford, Thomas & Breeden, Christopher & O'Connor, Emma & Banos, Noely. (2019). Jokes and Humor in Intergroup Relations gives a decent overview of some of the topics, if you're keen to dive into academic communications articles.
I also find that jokes made by members of marginalised groups are often more nuanced than they may seem to non-members, because they're backed by lived experience and a better understanding of the social factors at play. Sort of like the jokes in kids movies that are actually targetted at adults. The kids laugh because it's silly and over the top, but the adults laugh because they know what the joke really means.
Dinklage didn't pull up the ladder with his mild criticism of Snow White, if that's what you mean. Unless he has some kind of requirement that no other short actors can be cast near him, he's not the one making the call on hiring decisions.
Disney pulled and pulls up the ladder every time they cast. After Dinklage's criticism, they decided to consult with the dwarfism community, and then decided to remodel the dwarves into animated creatures with voice actors, based on the feedback they received. Ok, that does indeed remove these roles for actors with dwarfism....
But Disney also provided no other roles to little people as replacement, except the ones based on old stereotypes. Disney has the power to cast anyone in roles, as they tried to demonstrate with Snow White, but they choose not to.
And even if they did keep the original dwarf concept, there's no guarantee they'd hire people with lived experience as little people anyway. Just like when Gary Oldman starred in Tiptoes. Most disabled characters in TV and movies aren't actually played or written by people with first-hand experience.
It’s a short joke, not a dwarf joke.
And being short is a symptom of achondroplasia, along with many other painful issues. It's a joke about how he is unable to do something to any kind of reasonable standard, because he has a disability.
I bet dinklage would find it funny
Maybe he would. Maybe he's heard so many shit short jokes in his lifetime that it would be just another asshole who thinks they're hilarious and original. And maybe his snow white dwarf comment was less about the mythical creatures as much as it was abour society's portrayal and exclusion of people with bodily differences. You, much like the person who posed as him on Twitter, do not get to make that decision for him.
Happy birthday, Microwave.
Not a sentence I ever expected to say, but I'm glad I have.
Originally titled we let our 3 year old son decorate a tree on Reddit's r/CasualUK. Later recycled into A very Dinklage Christmas in r/suicidebywords.
I just want to take a moment to reflect on the ableism at the core of this the joke. The tweet isn't even by the real Peter Dinklage, it's from a "Fan Account". This is just someone who found the picture, and created a joke based on Peter Dinklage's disability (without his input or consent) by comparing his abilities to the efforts of a toddler. It's actually a pretty great example of how society continually questions people with disabilities about their competence in vaguely-related situations.
Dinklage said this about the Snow White remake and I think it's pretty worthwhile revisiting:
“Literally no offense to anything, but I was sort of taken aback, ... They were very proud to cast a Latino actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me. ... You’re progressive in one way, ... but you’re still making that fucking backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.” - Dinklage on WTF podcast 24th Jan 2022
As a civilisation, we're still doing "lol, person with different body can't do things like most people because the world wasn't built to include them" and calling it comedy when it's actually a hugely pervasive and damaging stereotype that keeps people with disabilities from being able to contribute meaningfully. Achondroplasia (and other medical conditions) are not a joke, and the difficulties people do face as a result of exclusion are not in any way funny to experience or be reminded of unnecessarily.
I wish so much of comedy wasn't just hurtful bullying pretending to be good-intentioned playfulness.
Because for anything that is built, someone else will set out to destroy or manipulate it for their own purposes. For example, spammers will use social media to try to boost their SEO and as an avenue for free advertising.
As much as I'd love if everyone could act with the best intentions towards others at all times, there is too much motivation and reward for anti-social actions. As a result, we have to have a complex system of rules and enforcement.
You get breaks? I missed my impossibly-high boulder quota, and if I don't work through my break to catch up I'll get written up again.
2 more strikes and they tie me to a mountain to get my liver pecked out by an eagle.
Señor Scrappy ❤️
Depends who you ask. He is anti-science pro-capitalism and willing to be a puppet leader for the US. Whether that ultimately benefits the average Argentinian or not remains to be seen, but historically far-right policy has only ever benefited those who currently hold the most power.
I think it's also worth mentioning Argentina is a place where a lot of prominent fascists fled to after WW2 with the assistance of Perón, and the country has somewhat of a reputation in South America for being extremely proud of their European heritage.
My condolences, especially to the marginalised groups and scientific community in Argentina. I see you and grieve with you. Qué bajón. (I hope I'm using this correctly)
It's a legitimate disability, and certainly I don't envy anyone with this issue. We've all been taught that people who have maybe acne or body odor or sweating issues or dandruff or whatever else are just people with "poor hygiene", but the reality is that products and buildings are made to meet the needs of the most 'average' person (usually defined by a company selling something), and there is so much variation in how bodies function. When you're trying to make a product that maximises usage and sales, it's ironically easy to exclude a lot of people.
Thanks for being kind to that person, I'm glad you were able to see (and smell) past it.
For anyone else who does experience limitations because of their body odor, check out the Job Accessibility Network's list of possible accomodations for this symptom of your disability. Because medical issues that cause you to be ostracised and limit your ability to function in society are a disability and you deserve an equal opportunity to thrive.
How do you know they all weren't wearing it?
There are a lot of people who do wear it but continue to smell because of underlying medical conditions. For example, fruity smelling body odor can indicate diabetes. People with a rare genetic condition called Trimethylaminuria can smell strongly of fish. It all depends on what bacteria (which outnumber your own body cells by 10 to 1 even though they are only 2% of your body mass) and what balance of enzymes you may or may not have.
Reducing perspiration can and often does help, concealing the odor with different ones can help, but sometimes people's bodies just aren't right for whatever mass produced product they have bought. Sometimes that can be fixed with medication. Sometimes it can't.
Precious little nugget
He bought it because he couldn't stop being an arrogant edgelord keyboard shit-talker, and he accidentally made himself personally legally liable doing so. The Twitter board called his bluff, seeing the most amazing opportunity to rid themselves of an expensive and slowly dying company, and Musk had already pissed off the SEC (or one of the other financial government services) enough that he was at risk of having his finances in other companies audited.
So he was forced to buy it because he's an impulsive troll. Everything else since then is pretty incidental, and unsurprisingly dripping with hypocrisy like this.
Pain. Moving hurts. Not moving hurts. It hurts.
Understood! Thanks for the detailed insight, I appreciate it. I have witnessed business excess but I'm not in the financial professions, so the exact mechanics of how they get away with it were somewhat opaque to me. Breaking it up into small invoices across multiple companies and payments makes perfect sense though.
It's also nice to know there are accountants who take this seriously enough to personally check.
Offended? No, but I'm not surprised someone who is engaging with the cognitive distortion of overgeneralization would come to that conclusion. I hope you feel better soon, I hear cognitive behavioral therapy is great for that.
Even if I did, that's still a world better than the stench of stale humor. I'm guessing in your case it would smell like expired beer, cigarette butts, concerningly-fruity piss and mothballs.