http://parallax-view.org/2008/08/17/topical-thunder-why-i-love-the-ringer/ Smart Words About Cinema Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://parallax-view.org/2008/08/17/topical-thunder-why-i-love-the-ringer/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Sean Axmaker Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:57:51 +0000 http://parallax-view.org/?p=74#comment-15 Jeff, you are right on about the Farrelly's and their approach to characters with all manner of disabilities. Their humor is inclusive - all characters have fun poked at them, but the humor is based on character, not on "limitations," and they give as good as they get. What is most enlightened about the Farrellys is that they find the humor in the way a character DEALS with situations, not the situations themselves. Jeff, you are right on about the Farrelly’s and their approach to characters with all manner of disabilities. Their humor is inclusive – all characters have fun poked at them, but the humor is based on character, not on “limitations,” and they give as good as they get. What is most enlightened about the Farrellys is that they find the humor in the way a character DEALS with situations, not the situations themselves.

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