Daredevil, the Movie
Daredevil, The Movie opened recently in theatres across the country. That was both good and bad news for us in the disability community.
If the image of The Supercrip bugs you, this film might make you grind your teeth. Yet I thought the script played with stereotypes about the disability experience in interesting ways. There's the stereotype that, because he's blind, Daredevil's other senses are more refined. But what refinement! He can know someone is lying because he can hear hearts skip beats and smell increased sweat production! In real life, this would make him a real disability movement asset -- we'd have our own mobile lie detector!