Re: RAT Cripples, in your face)

["Glen 'Skip' Newell" <skipworthy@hotmail.com>]

DESILEF said-

> But my hope is that the physically impaired are not relegated to their own
> spaces (kept in their place).

I wholeheartedly agree; I was pointing out these groups as an example of
opportunity, not relegation. I see the their existence as a kind of
empowerment- we also have groups that speak from other specific needs and
viewpoints in town, but I don't think any of these groups are exclusively
for a particular 'identity' per se, but fill a need where maybe noone else
has seen fit to serve, or found a way to serve a segment of the community
that deserves to be seen and heard. Also, it's only fair to point out that
most productions don't call for a guy in a wheelchair or a blind girl, and
as far as I am aware, the physically disadvantaged aren't showing up at
casting calls in any huge numbers, either because they just aren't
comfortable, or because they assume they won't get the part-even though this
does not excuse us, it might explain why it doesn't come up more often, and
is yet another reason why a group made up of *only* the physically different
might be a good thing, at least in the beginning stages of the revolution.

This has become an interesting idea to me; I'm re -thinking alot of choices
with regards to who I am as an artist (but then, cousin Brad always had that
effect on me...).

What if we started including 'physically disadvantaged artists encouraged to
apply' in our notices ?  What if we cast an already experimental piece with
a couple of these folks? We talk alot about breaking new ground around here.
I think I can see some real potential here...

Skip


----- Original Message -----
From: <DESILEF@cs.com>
To: <rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: RAT Cripples, in your face)


> In a message dated 4/2/01 9:23:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> skipworthy@hotmail.com writes:
>
> <<  cast *only*  the physiaclly disadvantaged.  >>
>
> But my hope is that the physically impaired are not relegated to their own
> spaces (kept in their place).  There's a need for identity politics, but
why
> is that the whole story, as if it were somehow sufficient? If we're all
part
> of this society, why aren't we in it together?
> d
>
>
>
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