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Cripple Threat episodes
- E40 - CODA (2021)Today we watched CODA, a wonderful film about a teenage daughter trying to explain her passion for singing to her deaf parents. We also discuss the disabled penchant for tolerating inconvenience, generational differences in coping mechanisms, caregivers losing housekeys, and how to break-in new powerchair joysticks.1 hr 47 min
- E39 - The Mask (1994)Today we watched The Mask, a formative childhood film for both of us about a MacGuffin that makes Jim Carrey behave like a horny alcoholic cartoon. Also we talk about bringing wheelchairs to cottages, spastic dental encounters, dismantling nostalgia, and letting go of harmful inhibitions.1 hr 42 min
- E38 - Gattaca (1997)Today we watched Gattaca, a sci-fi film about a disabled guy who slavishly collects his own dead skin so that Ethan Hawke can fool a eugenic regime and go to space. We also discuss SMA seminars, rude people in restaurants, orthopedic torture devices, unsolicited selfies, and the importance of dry controllers.1 hr 44 min
- E37 - Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Today we reviewed The Peanut Butter Falcon, a fantastic buddy-comedy roadtrip film about a young man with downs syndrome who escapes his care-home facility with a fisherman friend to pursue a prospective career in wrestling.
Throughout the episode, we discuss the joys of authentic inter-abled comradery on film, growing up with disabled siblings, the potential of video games to convey disabled experiences, and Jamie's closeted obsession with wordplay.Find out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
1 hr 42 min - E36 - [TV] The Office (US)Today we review an episode of the American Office where Michael Scott burns his foot and demands to be treated like a disabled person. We also discuss pet ownership with a disability, and have a fruitfully uncomfortable discussion about personal hygiene.1 hr 42 min
- E35 - [TV] Special - Season 2 (2021) (Part 2)
On today's episode, Jamie elaborates on a recent video that made him and his Thunder Bay friend's go viral. We also review the second half of special season 2, where Jamie finally pronounces Ryan O'Connel's name correctly, and begins to warm up to the show for its latent.
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1 hr 50 min - E34 - [TV] Special - Season 2 (2021) (Part I)
Today we watched disabled writer Ryan O'Connell continue to navigate the romantic and professional hurdles of daily life with cerebral palsy in the first half of Special Season 2. Again the show proves to be the most authentic, funny, and unflinching look at disabled life - so much so that it often feels too real, and provokes many of Jamie's personal demons. Throughout the episode, we discuss the wheelie temptation to downplay our limitations, the tendency to settle for unhealthy boundaries in romantic relationships, whether its ever okay to fetishize unflattering elements of disability, and the ongoing struggle of discussing disability with our parents.
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1 hr 42 min - E33 - The Shape of Water (2017)
Today we watched The Shape of Water, a 2017 adult fairytale about a mute janitor who falls in love with an anthropomorphized fish creature at a top secret government facility. As the first film we watched separately, we spend much of the episode parsing differences of opinion. We also discuss weekly insomnia, Jamie's first sauna experience, the hurdles of inter-able relationships, the absence of libidos in modern movies, and optimal strategies for flooding the bathroom.
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1 hr 29 min - E32 - The Little Mermaid (1989)
Today we watched The Little Mermaid, a classic Disney animated film about a half-woman sea creature who dreams of having legs so she can live on land and pursue a romance with a himbo prince. Throughout the episode we discuss Anthony's DIY powerchair projects, the herculean work-ethic of disney animators, our hypothetical collections of able-bodied trinkets, whether life is better under the sea, and the lack of inter-able love stories.
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1 hr 35 min - E31 - Cake (2014)Today we watched Cake, an excellent character study of a grieving mother with severe chronic pain played amazingly by Jennifer Aniston. We also discuss our real life encounters with ablest slurs, the threat of accessibility to able bodied pride, the struggles of cripple baking, the stress of a shy bladder, and also Tony tricks Jamie into describing his bathroom for 20 minutes.1 hr 40 min
About Cripple Threat
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A disability support program between two friends in wheelchairs discussing their daily lives and critiquing depictions of the crippled experience in popular culture.