{"id":334936,"date":"2017-07-09T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=334936"},"modified":"2017-07-09T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T06:00:13","slug":"disability-rights-group-criticises-casting-alec-baldwin-as-blind-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/disability-rights-group-criticises-casting-alec-baldwin-as-blind-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability rights group criticises casting Alec Baldwin as blind character"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading disability rights group, has come out against the new film Blind, starring\u00a0Alec Baldwin, in which the actor plays a novelist who loses his sight in a car crash.<\/p>\n
The organization, which frequently advocates for the casting of disabled actors and has conducted many studies documenting the lack of opportunity for disabled actors in film, released a statement on Wednesday condemning the movie (directed by Michael Mailer), which co-stars\u00a0Demi Moore\u00a0as the wife of an indicted businessman who cares for Baldwin\u2019s character as part of a plea bargain.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlec Baldwin in Blind is just the latest example of treating disability as a costume,\u201d said Jay Ruderman, the foundation\u2019s president. \u201cWe no longer find it acceptable for white actors to portray black characters.\u00a0Disability\u00a0as a costume needs to also become universally unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n