For this episode, Nichole covers 2013’s Under the Skin. Does having a disabled character (played by a disabled actor) as a pivotal part of another character’s turning point feel exploitative or authentic approach? How would it feel to shed the skin that has been a point of pain or even trauma? Would you get into a non-descript van with a stranger?
Additional Reading/Research:
> Digressions-2016-Volume-1-Issue-2-Lieke-Hettinga (1).pdf
> Adam Pearson Says Actors with Disabilities Are Typecast (people.com)
> How Scarlett Johansson helped me challenge disfigurement stigma | Movies | The Guardian
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