Eli Clare's Freaks and Queers, along with The Mountain can relate in many ways to the Glee episode that we watched in class. Clare discusses the issues regarding disability and the ability/lack of to climbing a mountain per-say which references climbing the societal mountain as to fitting in. Clare allows the reader to interpret her questions on their own while providing them with history and knowledge of said disabilities or 'hurtful words'. In comparison to this, one can recognize the purpose of the "Wheels" episode of Glee. In this episode we learn the struggles that people face in wheel-chairs. In class, we discussed this in depth. We discussed whether or not it was a good decision to portray a disabled character that was played by a real life non-disabled person. Personally, I think that it's the talent that matters. I mean, lets use a more popular example...if someone if portraying a person with an eating disorder, that topic is highly talked about and many people can relate...and in saying so, it may be more difficult for a person actually suffering to portray that in character for television.
All in all, Clare in her works, and the hit show Glee share many similarities when discussing and portraying 'disabilities'. It is however, up to the reader/watcher to determine for themselves the relevance or 'lesson' that is to be learned.
Courtney Bisher
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