So much for the made-up stuff,
what about real life larys on TV?
A couple of years ago, an episode
of Channel 4’s Embarrassing
Bodies series featured a nice guy
called Duncan talking about his
laryngectomy. Great, you might
think… so what’s the problem?
Well, for a start, I had to sit through
the best part of an hour’s worth of
even more cringe-inducing telly
– and I had to see a lot of things
I really didn’t want to see in the
process. (As anyone who’s watched
the show will know.) Oh, and when
they got round to him, Duncan only
got about three minutes of screen
time. Not exactly giving him much
opportunity to tell his story.
And one more gripe. I know what
Embarassing Bodies is trying to
do. I know it’s one of those trendily
ironic titles – but I’m still tired of
the association of disability and
disfigurement coming under the
label ‘embarrassing’. When’s it going
to stop?
Perhaps only when we see our first
neck breather in Albert Square? Or
taking a pint at the Rovers Return?
Let’s hope we don’t have too long to
wait! ?
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