Popcorn Disabilities: The Drama's Disability Politics Are the Cringiest Aspect No One Talked About
The Zendaya/Robert Pattinson movie uses disability as....something
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When The Drama hit theaters back in April I had several people ask me how I felt about it. I had zero idea there were any disability politics in it to discuss, none of them were emphasized in the trailer. And, because of various other commitments (and my inability to get into a pre-screening) I forgot to watch it. That is until this month when I finally decided to catch up on some releases from earlier in the year I missed. And, yeah, there are some disability politics to discuss and they seem far cringier than the movie itself.
Please note, I will be talking spoilers about this movie so if you have yet to see The Drama go watch it and then come back.
