The Fourteenth Doctor in THE STAR BEAST
GOOD OMENS 1.01 | 1.06
Okay but as an ambulatory wheelchair user I loved how Rian Johnson portrayed Simone. He didn't have her be miraculously healed, but had her learn to live and deal with her chronic pain.
Abled people really don't understand how big that is. Like just having an ambulatory wheelchair user is big!!! (I cackled at the scene where she gets out of her chair and someone says it's a miracle and she just goes "I can walk, it just hurts.") But also having her angry that she's in constant pain and trying anything to feel better is so realistic. A lot of disabled people, especially newly disabled people, fall into the idea that they need to be "cured" and that they need to get back to "normal".
Having her accept her disability and making her learn how to still do the thing she loves while still having chronic pain is amazing! Like, the idea that you can continue living after becoming disabled is so rarely shown! Like believe it or not, disabled people can lead fulfilling and happy lives doing things we love!
Happy 89th Birthday, Shirley Eaton!
Actress, singer, and devoted wife and mother Shirley Eaton turns 89 years fabulous today, Jan. 12. She was very famous and successful in Britain well before appearing in the James Bond film "Goldfinger", where she was famously dispatched by being painted from head to toe in gold paint.
Happy 89th birthday, Ms. Eaton!
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