ok..... do tell what a can of whip-ass is Betty?

this should be good.

Ken or Kyle--- what'd ya think about the dog url?





On Wed, 18 April 2001, Betty B wrote:

>
> In a message dated 04/18/2001 9:17:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > Oh well, too late
>
> I missed the first twenty or so minutes of the show due to a phone call (that
> I stupidly made ten minutes before the show started), but the second half of
> the show was something I'll be thinking about for a while.  There seemed to
> be a lot of sympathy for the folks who have spent their careers in these side
> shows, but nothing said about the impact freak shows have had on the general
> public's perception of people with disabilities.
>
> They interviewed one man who said that because of his small stature, he felt
> that being part of a side show helped his self esteem (I'm paraphrasing).  I
> saw interviews with two other men who run these things.  One man was saying
> that if people thought freak shows using disabled people were exploitative,
> perhaps a look at the paychecks those people were getting would be an eye
> opener (again -- paraphrase).
>
> The freak show is part of disability culture history, but it seemed that the
> TV special I watched tonight made it look like anyone who would say that they
> are exploitive is the bad guy.
>
> If anything was said about the negative message these shows promoted, it must
> have been in the first half that I missed.
>
> And if I hear one more person talk about "overcoming the disability," I might
> just have to open a can of whip-ass.  We have to overcome society, yeah.
>
> Did anyone else see it?  If so, what were your impressions?
>
> Betty
> Also -- sorry Mike -- I did not tape the show after all, because of that
> stupid call I made before it started.




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