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            Code of the Freaks presents a radical reframing of the use of disabled characters in film. From The Fake Beggar (1895), Of Mice and Men (1939) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Scent of a Woman (1992) to more contemporary films like Million Dollar Baby, Forrest Gump, Avatar and The Theory of Everything, Hollywood continues to crank out hollow inspirational narratives - what disability activists call "inspiration porn" - that carry actors straight to the Oscars. Code of the Freaks (the title is a line from Tod Browning's classic Freaks) counters these formulaic entertainments with a powerful corrective: a visual and narrative example of what it means to center the voices of disabled people.The 13 unprecedented voices and perspectives featured in Code of the Freaks include actor, writer, performance artist and musician Mat Fraser, best known for his role in American Horror Story; Lawrence Carter-Long, host of Turner Classics Presents - The Projected Image: A History of Disability in Film; painter and writer Riva Lehrer; novelist and playwright Susan Nussbaum; and writer Mike Ervin, whose blog Smart Ass Cripple was once dubbed by the late film critic Roger Ebert "some of the fiercest and most useful satire on the web."In addition to better known voices, Code of the Freaks brings totally new perspectives from on-the-ground disability activists to advance a compelling argument: whether the fate of the disabled character is a miracle cure, institutionalization, death, or "overcoming," it's all aimed at inspiring a mainstream audience.
    

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