Hello all!
Today's installment of Text Tuesday is based on this article from Bustle.com http://www.bustle.com/articles/62017-comedian-shannon-devido-on-being-an-actor-with-a-disability-being-yelled-at-by-billy
This article discusses a comedian named Shannon DeVido who also happens to be a wheelchair user. I'm a huge supporter of her comedy. She is just plain awesome. It is important to also address (as Shannon does in the article) that many people in American culture are afraid to laugh at people with disabilities. There is this weird fear that if I laugh at a person with a disability then I'm a horrible human being. Lets be honest comedians come in all shapes and sizes there is no shame in laughing at a comedian with a disability.
I love Shannon's web series because it is hilarious but also because it shows how people with disabilities are treated differently in public. I love that she fucks with the unknowing public and catches people off guard. This needs to happen more. I'm inspired by her comedy to start making the unsuspecting public feel really super awkward because it is so much funnier that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcl5dN5wBEo This is a link to her Stare at Shannon web series Supermarket Edition. Pure genius in my opinion.
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