Reply #38: my final word (today, anyway)

[Peggesis1]

I agree that the skit was rude, offensive and unfunny. There were ways it could have been insightful and funny, but the writers didn't bother. By the way, that old Garrett Morris skit about news for the hard of hearing (just shouting what Chevy Chase had already said) was funny precisely because the joke was on themselves. It was about the silly accommodations that apparently well-meaning people make without knowing if the accommodations are actually helpful. The joke was the ignorance about what would be sensible and useful to a hearing impaired person.

I think these topics of disability civil rights and media depiction will be something we come back to frequently.

As Governor Patterson said, "I don't mind that they make fun of me, but I thought it was important of me to stand up for people who don't have a voice and don't have a job."