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‘Popcorn Disabilities’ author Kristen Lopez looks at disability portrayals in movies
Kristen Lopez's book highlights how stereotypical casting and portrayals harm disabled viewers and stresses the lack of realistic disabled representation in Hollywood films.
- Kristen Lopez, film critic and author, published Popcorn Disabilities to examine disabled representation in movies in a readable, non-academic style for general readers.
- From her own experience, Lopez says she wrote to show how screen stereotypes shaped disabled viewers and notes some publishers were skeptical, using her entertainment-journalist perspective on film appeal.
- Using Me Before You as an example, Lopez highlights her term "pretty disability," noting female wheelchair roles often cast conventionally attractive performers like a 5'6" woman who could pass for abled.
- Lopez warns that screen portrayals shape how the public understands disability, citing `You have sweet government money!` and noting films rarely show disabled people working or navigating Social Security disability insurance.
- She warns that disabled girls lack better role models as films link disability to beauty and romance, while casting debates persist over abled actors "cripping up" for awards or box office.
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‘Popcorn Disabilities’ author Kristen Lopez looks at disability portrayals in movies
In her new book “Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies,” film critic and author Kristen Lopez says she wasn’t interested in writing “an academic book or one that felt like eating your vegetables.” Even so, some publishers were skeptical. “It’s not a sexy topic, which I’m aware of!” she says. “I wanted to write something that people can read where they’re not going to feel judged and can laugh a little.…
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