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Prevuze has listed a few spoilers they say can’t be found elsewhere. http://prevuze.blogspot.com/
Here’s a preview of the prevuze
Chloe’s baby is born without a leg. Daniel begins to have suspicions.
Chloe’s baby is born without a brain, confirming Chloe is the mother.
Kate and Madeline, realizing they’re not getting any younger, open a whorehouse for seniors, "The Granny Ranch."
I fail to see the humor. The first one was mildly amusing. Although I say the same thing about Saturday Night Live, it just doesn’t seem to be funny anymore. My kids tell me that it’s ‘modern humor’ and I just ‘don’t get it.’ <sigh>
I’m surprised someone, somewhere, didn’t come out all indignant about the one leg remark as being insensitive to people with handicaps. You just don’t seem to be able to say things like that anymore without getting lambasted for it, whether in jest or not.
Well I used to hang out with a guy who was an amputee (leg, just below the knee), and the first time we all went out for a beer after work, he sat down, whipped off the leg, held it up in the air, and called to the waitress, "Fill it up, Sam!"
No it’s not ‘politically correct’, but I don’t think I’ll go to hell for thinking the joke was funny. People need to lighten up.
I know a young man about 20 who had his right foot amputated last year (he was born with a congenital defect), and he makes jokes all the time.
I think I’d rather see people laugh at themselves, and others with them, than ignoring the elephant in the room.
Of course on DOOL, the writers AND the actor seem to have forgotten that the character of Phillip is an amputee – which makes more of an offensive mockery of the situation, than a bit of humour, IMO.
Jenn
The guy wanted to know how he should introduce his new girlfriend that was missing a leg to his friends. He was basically told he shouldn’t even mention it. I’m not sure I agree with that. Everybody is going to wonder and, like you say, don’t ignore the elephant in the room.
I think most people with handicaps don’t take themselves too seriously but there are always a few that have to go bezerk and make a big stink if the smallest thing is mentioned. We have absolutely gone way overboard with this PCness IMO.
all people as you would have yourself treated and then no one would be mis-treated. I’m disabled since 1991, (not missing a limb or such) but due to a MVA with crushed bones (most of them), I walk with a limp and sometimes have to use a cane. If someone asks – I just tell them what happened.
There are a couple of shows on t.v. – "Little People, Big World" and "Little Couple" – I think they are great to educate folks that everyone has some kind of diversity going on in their lives and we just have to see what people can do instead of what they cannot do with their limitations and just let them fly.
They seem to be so much in love with each other. And it shows that even though you’re under 3 feet tall, you can still be very successful. From what they’re doing on there and how they’re living, they’ve gotta be bringing in some big bucks.
And have you seen Little Chocolatiers? That’s a good one too. I don’t care for the other one though, Big World, Little People.
"if someone asks, I tell them" is the appropriate way to go. I don’t think you introduce someone and mention their disability right along with the introduction. Their disability does not define them; although, it is a part of them, it should be up to them how, when or if they go into further discussion about it as they decide.
My husband lost a finger due to an industrial accident. The surgeon did a great job and unless you count you can’t tell it’s gone. It’s the pinky on the left hand and when we got married he didn’t think he could wear a wedding ring but a year later he decided he wanted one and he wears it on his middle finger. When we meet people they don’t notice and don’t ask and if he ever brings it up they’re shocked to find out it’s missing.
He can joke about it. One time his nephew held up his hand and said "High Five" and Don held up his and said "No, High Four" He laughes at that Zappo’s commercial where the puppet starts counting the ways they’re better. He counts on his fingers up to 4 and when he gets to 5 runs out of fingers and yells. He thinks that’s hilarious of course I don’t know if the laughter is to cover up the fact that he’s upset or if he really does think it’s funny.
Who was born with defective arms/hands. Perhaps her mother took Thaladimide, I’m not sure, never asked, but she’s the right age, and her condition is similar to other folks I’ve known/seen whose mothers took Thalidamide in the 60s, and it typically caused defects in the extremities (arms and legs either malformed, or missing). Her arms are very short, and on one hand she only has 2 fingers.
So when we’re high-fiving, we’ll tell her… "Gimme 2!"
Most folks I know that have disabilities – either from birth, or injury, are pretty cool about it.
Jenn
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