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sami(Slightly off-topic, but I'm kind of out of touch with a lot of things right now, and this is really the only disability-related forum I'm a member of.)
There's a BBC Radio 4 Comedy called "Richard Herring's Objective". It's the current episode of the "Comedy of the Week" podcast (which you can get via iTunes, or... I don't know), or it's currently available for one more day on the iPlayer.
From that page:
Richard Herring examines 'The Wheelchair' the representative symbol of disability on disability access signs and asks if there is equal access. He wonders if it is still the case that we see the disability rather than the person.
Written by and starring Richard Herring, with Emma Kennedy and special guest, comedian Francesca Martinez.
Produced by Tilusha Ghelani
The second series of Richard Herring's Objective pokes and prods a variety controversial objects and see if the controversy falls out. Through vox pops, interviews and stand up comedy Richard examines the objects' history, meaning and significance and challenges our assumed logic and stereotypes. Can we reclaim these objects away from their unfortunate associations?
In series one the comedian investigated 'The Hitler Moustache', 'The Hoodie' and 'The St. George's Flag' and in the new series he'll be training his beady eye on 'The Golliwog', 'The Wheelchair', 'Page 3' and 'The Old School Tie'.
I'm listening to it now and finding it entertaining. I was outright delighted by Francesca Martinez asking Richard if there was "anything [he] can't do" and then following that up with the standard set of patronising questions people with disabilities can get. (Martinez is a stand-up comedienne with cerebral palsy.)
I'm not sure "wonders if there is equal access" is an accurate description, though - more "snarks a lot about the fact that there isn't".
Unfortunately, there isn't a transcript available that I know of, which may or may not be ironic - since it is just starting as a purely radio program, I'm not sure.
There's a BBC Radio 4 Comedy called "Richard Herring's Objective". It's the current episode of the "Comedy of the Week" podcast (which you can get via iTunes, or... I don't know), or it's currently available for one more day on the iPlayer.
From that page:
Richard Herring examines 'The Wheelchair' the representative symbol of disability on disability access signs and asks if there is equal access. He wonders if it is still the case that we see the disability rather than the person.
Written by and starring Richard Herring, with Emma Kennedy and special guest, comedian Francesca Martinez.
Produced by Tilusha Ghelani
The second series of Richard Herring's Objective pokes and prods a variety controversial objects and see if the controversy falls out. Through vox pops, interviews and stand up comedy Richard examines the objects' history, meaning and significance and challenges our assumed logic and stereotypes. Can we reclaim these objects away from their unfortunate associations?
In series one the comedian investigated 'The Hitler Moustache', 'The Hoodie' and 'The St. George's Flag' and in the new series he'll be training his beady eye on 'The Golliwog', 'The Wheelchair', 'Page 3' and 'The Old School Tie'.
I'm listening to it now and finding it entertaining. I was outright delighted by Francesca Martinez asking Richard if there was "anything [he] can't do" and then following that up with the standard set of patronising questions people with disabilities can get. (Martinez is a stand-up comedienne with cerebral palsy.)
I'm not sure "wonders if there is equal access" is an accurate description, though - more "snarks a lot about the fact that there isn't".
Unfortunately, there isn't a transcript available that I know of, which may or may not be ironic - since it is just starting as a purely radio program, I'm not sure.