It's been a while since The Guardian has printed an article of such profound, self-parodying

[Berni]

ridiculousness that I've felt it necessary to link to it, but this is just too good not to share... :hehe:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/13/eddie-r edmayne-golden-globe-stephen-hawking-disabled-actors-charact ers?commentpage=1 (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/13/eddie-redmayne-golden-globe-stephen-hawking-disabled-actors-characters?commentpage=1)

[Snin]

:****er: :hehe: ..her not you

[Classic Jorge]

Doesn't the whole theory fall down when the actor is asked to play someone with a degenerative condition?

I mean, would a disabled actor be able to 'norm up' for the role?

[Ashberto]

[Luis Anaconda]

any attempt to put forward an argument. The comments in the main are quite sensible for once and many point this out. I also like the hobbit/dwarf debate

[Berni]

He's made them all think they can play the Dane.

[Snin]

and im not sure chewbacker wasnt a human as well

[Berni]

Particularly as they point out that this isn't even the stupidest Guardian comment piece of the last year. That prize goes to...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas- the-tank-engine-children-parents?commentpage=21 (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas-the-tank-engine-children-parents?commentpage=21)

[Classic Jorge]

...quite reasonably say to himself "TIMMY!"

[Luis Anaconda]

[Classic Jorge]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

"Last year, the British Labour shadow Transportation Secretary even called out Thomas for its lack of females, saying that the franchise setting a bad example for girl wannabe train engineers everywhere."

[Luis Anaconda]

Rhyming slang?

[Classic Jorge]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2520437/Thomas-The-T ank-Engine-friends-surprising-political-lookalikes-.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2520437/Thomas-The-Tank-Engine-friends-surprising-political-lookalikes-.html)

[Classic Jorge]

Oh hang on, that was Ivor The Engine

[Luis Anaconda]

[Berni]

[Berni]

the intersection of social justice and pop culture.'

Eh? That's actually a job, is it? How does one apply for that?

Strangely, she's not been asked back since.

[Berni]

It was filth, basically.

[Classic Jorge]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liwfahKDjw1qeocdjo1_500.jpg

[Ashberto]

http://opportunityagenda.org/about/employment

They even have a 'toolkit'
http://toolkit.opportunityagenda.org/

[Berni]

Seriously, though: 'Helvetika Bold' the social justice superheroine? What the furry f**k?

[Ashberto]

Thomas the Tank Engine.

[IUFG]