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Announcements: Film review essay due next week. Each group will have 20-25 minutes in which

to informally summarize and discuss their analyses.

Read the assignment description in the syllabus VERY carefully.

Use section headers. Follow the directions on UNM Learn for

uploading your paper.

Quick questions

or quandaries?

Today’s Topic:

The Social Construction of

Disability and Media Images

Whole group analysis and discussion of "There's Something

about Mary"

Who has a particular scene they would like to discuss?

Quick Write: To what extent do you

think that how people (with and without disability) are portrayed in the media matters? Why?

The role of disability in

constructing the romantic ideal in

‘There’s Something About

Mary’

To deconstruct how disability is used in ‘There’s Something About Mary’ to portray the main characters as ideal romantic partners.

Ted +

Mary

Whythis movie?

Why “Mary”? Extremely popular film.

Images of disability are woven throughout.

An exaggerated presence of disability, far beyond natural occurrence.

Multiple interactions between characters with and without disabilities.

(Biklen & Bogdan, 1977, as cited in Bogdan & Knoll, 1995)

Handicapist Stereotypes:

1. pitiable and pathetic

2. an object of violence

3. sinister or evil

4. atmosphere

5. “Super Crip”

6. Laughable

7. his/her own worst enemy

8. a burden

9. either nonsexual or sex-starved or degenerate

10.incapable of fully participating in everyday life.

(Biklen & Bogdan, 1977, as cited in Bogdan & Knoll, 1995)

Handicapist Stereotypes:

1. pitiable and pathetic

2. an object of violence

3. sinister or evil

4. atmosphere

5. “Super Crip”

6. Laughable

7. his/her own worst enemy

8. a burden

9. either nonsexual or sex-starved or degenerate

10.incapable of fully participating in everyday life.

“Thematic analysis, first and foremost, is about searching for patterns in data.” (Shank, 2002, p. 129)

In “Mary”, people with disabilities are portrayed as powerless and low status “others” who are: Childlike

Needy Less than human Less than full participants Victims Violent and dangerous

Thematic analysis, cont.:

Socially inappropriate

Damaged goods: revealed through visible signs emotionally fragile

Members of a special category - different rules apply to them

Not legitimate romantic partners

What function did disability serve in this

film?

The title of the film suggests that there’s

something about Mary –

What is it?

We suggest that Warren provides that something. Without his assistance, Mary loses the warm, sensitive, and nurturing qualities that construct her as the romantic ideal.

Disability is used as the means to construct Ted and Mary as romantic ideals. The main characters profit from the presence of disability in their lives,

all the while under the guise of altruistic charitable actions.

Looking ahead…

Film review presentations

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