Should only disabled actors play disabled characters

[Kyriakos]

Also, regarding Haroon's reference to the Jester in King Lear:

IIRC the jester was not outright idiotic. He did appear to foreshadow the actual fall of the King, while at the same time speaking as a court jester and thus being allowed some more freedom to say this sort of thing. Worth to note that the Jester is the only main character in that play which just goes away at the end of one scene (without being killed).

King Lear is the best play of Shakespeare's that i have read (although i read only a few).

 

[Flying Pig]

And FYI the shrimping business was not just his, it was the Baba-Gump shrimp company

It's only named for Bubba - he's killed in Vietnam. Lt Dan comes and works with him though.

IIRC the jester was not outright idiotic. He did appear to foreshadow the actual fall of the King, while at the same time speaking as a court jester and thus being allowed some more freedom to say this sort of thing.

That was the whole point of the Shakespearean Fool: he was a man who could speak the truth to power by disguising it as foolery. There are also instances across Shakespeare where mad or otherwise usually insensible characters have moments of clarity and say perceptive things. Forrest would be heir to the latter tradition, although he also represents another cultural trend to present simple, homespun wisdom as a wholesome replacement for book-learning and clever but dangerous educated people.

Worth to note that the Jester is the only main character in that play which just goes away at the end of one scene (without being killed).

Debatable: in many productions, the line 'and my poor fool is hanged' in Lear's last scene is taken to refer to the Fool himself, rather than Cordelia, and his exit is marked by a silent execution scene.

 

[H4run]

Interesting, i did not know the movie was so different from the original material (i did not even know there was a book to begin with...)

As for the actual Gump movie, i did not like it at all. But i am still happy it won the award instead of that Tarantinic crap

In the movie, of course, F.Gump is a person with very low IQ, and not any special ability either (savant, etc). I think that 'savant' is mostly used for math (or closely related) abilities of autistic people (?). Stuff like calculating fast what the root of some huge (and not a perfect square) number is, and so on.

But I still not recommend the book for you Kyriakos, I thought the book is really not for your taste, you can't really found a huge immersive in the book, for example there is a part like: Gump and a very smart special monkey becoming the first astronaut that successfully land themselves to the moon (you cannot make a reference between this and being a savant). And as usual there is a superman complex in the novel, where Gump is never known for the things that he did, in reality he is a superman, but by appearance peoples still know him as a ******** ordinary boy.

But if you just read it for fun without thinking about it so much, I think you'll be able to enjoy the book much better. The things that I wanted to say is, the book is not really difference from the movie.

Btw what is Tarantinic?

King Lear is the best play of Shakespeare's that i have read (although i read only a few).

Agreed, in my case mostly because of the clown

Spoiler :

I stop reading when the clown start to silent

 

[Kyriakos]

Tarantinic:

-(gen) Any kind of movie or story plot which features solely 1 dimensional or less than 1d characters.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Btw what is Tarantinic?

Forrest Gump came out the same year as Pulp Fiction, a film many think should've won Best Picture instead of Forrest Gump.

Another film that came out that year that many think should've won was The Shawshank Redemption.

 

[Kyriakos]

+1

^ Chukchi wins again

 

[H4run]

Forrest Gump came out the same year as Pulp Fiction, a film many think should've won Best Picture instead of Forrest Gump.

Another film that came out that year that many think should've won was The Shawshank Redemption.

Ah I see, I never watch Pulp Fiction, as for The Shawshank Redemption, I really against the trend regarding this movie, it was indeed a good movie but I don't found it as great as most of peoples say it is.

 

[warpus]

Should only disabled actors play disabled characters

If you're an actor it's your job to pretend to be people you're not. So I don't see why not, eh.

 

[Narz]

Forrest Gump came out the same year as Pulp Fiction, a film many think should've won Best Picture instead of Forrest Gump.

Another film that came out that year that many think should've won was The Shawshank Redemption.

Pulp Fiction is one of the most overrated movies of my lifetime. Shawshank Redemption was good though.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

No. Next.

 

[H4run]

Pulp Fiction is one of the most overrated movies of my lifetime. Shawshank Redemption was good though.

I never really like Tarantino movie to start with, he is as overated as Kubrick.

As for the OP, I think the problem is that able peoples can pretend to be disable, but are disable peoples able to pretend to be able? for example, can a disable says they have a leg disability polio for example, can they play an act of not disable peoples? especially in a movie that have an action part in it (where running, jumping, climbing is require for example)? if they able, I found there is no reason at all to exclude them. Especially after the growth of technology where everything can be manipulated using computer.

 

[Zack]

Pulp Fiction is one of the most overrated movies of my lifetime. Shawshank Redemption was good though.

I agree, but I think the part where John Travolta

Spoiler :

shoots Marvin in the face, then says "ah man, I shot Marvin in the face"

is one of the best scenes I've ever seen in a movie.

 

[Kyriakos]

^Marvin was the only one who did not see that coming. :\

Rather dumb for a supposed pro hitman to hold the gun in that way and situation.

 

[Zack]

It was hilarious, and Travolta's character is shown to be somewhat incompetent throughout the whole film.

 

[RedRalph]

What about that one where Ben Affleck was a blind lawyer who minced rapists at night

 

[Narz]

I never really like Tarantino movie to start with, he is as overated as Kubrick.

I have yet to see one I liked. I couldn't sit thru Kill Bill, was terribly bored, I watched Hero which also was pretty dull (though obviously they put a ton of work into it). I thought Four Rooms was ok but certainly nothing great nor anything I'd watch a second time. A friend recommended Jackie Brown as his best so I may check that one out before I close the door on Mr. Tarantino.

I agree, but I think the part where John Travolta

Spoiler :

shoots Marvin in the face, then says "ah man, I shot Marvin in the face"

is one of the best scenes I've ever seen in a movie.

My favorite is when Bruce Willis shoots Travolta, I don't know why but I really don't like Travolta. I like Willis even though I hear he's a right-wing dick in real life.

 

[NovaKart]

I liked jackie brown

 

[Domen]

Should mean characters only be played by mean actors?

By Kathy Bates and Hugh Laurie.

 

[Goodfella]

By Kathy Bates and Hugh Laurie.

Or Christian Bale.

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[Yeekim]

What if there are no disabled actors available and capable of playing those parts?

A silly question. Art requires sacrifice.