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With a Prize and EverythingDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-82077025970591856152008-03-31T05:09:00.000-04:002008-03-31T05:09:00.000-04:00Of course you can, I wouldn't use question 1 becau...Of course you can, I wouldn't use question 1 because I got that one wrong but all the rest are fair game.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-49570210211564807852008-03-30T20:26:00.000-04:002008-03-30T20:26:00.000-04:00Dave,Can I use some of these questions in a Trivia...Dave,<BR/>Can I use some of these questions in a Trivia Night our Down syndrome group is hosting next month?<BR/><BR/>Anjie (mom to Adam, 5, & his big sisters)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-717113585727215322008-03-30T04:31:00.000-04:002008-03-30T04:31:00.000-04:00Yes, knapper, I did use that book, along with an i...Yes, knapper, I did use that book, along with an internet search. Clearly I didn't search well enough for question number one, but still, it was fun. I agree, we need to know this stuff. Thanks again for the book, I've referred to it often.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-54097610034679470352008-03-29T18:48:00.000-04:002008-03-29T18:48:00.000-04:00I hope you can join us on Change.org in our commun...I hope you can join us on Change.org in our community: "Support People with Disabilities"<BR/><BR/>http://www.change.org/changes/view/2154<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Will H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-69662196346056215152008-03-29T16:55:00.000-04:002008-03-29T16:55:00.000-04:00And did you get these questions from the book I ga...And did you get these questions from the book I gave you(Cinema of Isolation?!!!)<BR/>Great idea. We need to know this stuff.theknapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179049498112163140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-75894471970210358112008-03-29T13:54:00.000-04:002008-03-29T13:54:00.000-04:00Hmm, if you can stand another smartypants quibble....Hmm, if you can stand another smartypants quibble... I'm with Cathy, there are quite a number of pre-1939 films featuring characters with cognitive disabilities, including silent-era films. Now, the depictions aren't (generally) kind or nuanced or realistic or central to the plot, but they're out there anyway. Some candidates from a troll through IMDb:<BR/><BR/>1938: Goodbye Broadway (the "village idiot" Iradius P Oglethorpe sells the main characters worthless furniture as "antiques")<BR/>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030197/plotsummary<BR/><BR/>1937: The Impractical Joker (a comedy featuring "Irving the Imbecile Idiot" as the title character--now there's a character name well consigned to the past!)<BR/>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029046/plotsummary<BR/><BR/>1936: Le Mort (Belgian film based on a novel, in which the "idiot" brother is the only one left standing in a crime scheme gone wrong)<BR/><BR/>There seem to be quite a few Bollywood pictures from the 1920s-30s, in which an "idiot" suitor is rejected by a young woman, only to prove that he's the purest of heart and most heroic of her choices; or, in another plot twist, that he's got a secret fortune, so his simplicity isn't such an obstacle, in the logic of the genre:<BR/>Kelo(r) Kirti (1928): <BR/>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256855/plotsummary<BR/>Indira M. A. (1934):<BR/>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256855/plotsummary<BR/>Now that would be a fun research project, disability and romance in early Bollywood films...Penny L. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-60689186471236290972008-03-29T09:47:00.000-04:002008-03-29T09:47:00.000-04:00Well! I thought I was an early riser - yep, up by ...Well! I thought I was an early riser - yep, up by 8 this morning, showered and coffee in hand by 9 - thought I would check out the ol' blog as I like to do - woo hoo a contest - I'm thinking I could get in on the action - you know, google my way through this!<BR/>Uh - two winners already ....it's 9:45 - AM - it's Saturday morning - well, no worm for me - or book for that matter!<BR/>Great blog Dave!linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675640977094855867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-81132196983581302892008-03-29T09:26:00.000-04:002008-03-29T09:26:00.000-04:00Cathy, I figured that I'd be sending international...Cathy, I figured that I'd be sending internationally, so please do send your address and I'll send the book! I remember being there for the celebration well.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-22811784523926374832008-03-29T08:58:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:58:00.000-04:00Thanks Dave that is very generous. Over here in th...Thanks Dave that is very generous. Over here in the UK we say "no one likes a smart arse" so I certainly wasn't looking for a prize, especially as I could not answer the rest of the questions.<BR/><BR/>Also I live in the UK so the cost of postage would be prohibitive. <BR/><BR/>Hope to see you over here sometime soon. It's a few years since I last saw you here in Leeds. We still have the photo of us on the wall with the birthday muffin you gave us for Connect in the North's 10th birthday.<BR/><BR/>all the best<BR/><BR/>CathyTraighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291004409548821517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-87167576295694034532008-03-29T08:49:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:49:00.000-04:00YEY! :))Wonderful, I will be looking forward to my...YEY! :))<BR/><BR/>Wonderful, I will be looking forward to my personally autographed book. I 'll send my address to your email.<BR/><BR/>It was really fun, thanks.<BR/><BR/>GünAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1655825640491939752008-03-29T08:45:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:45:00.000-04:00Cathy,you are right, it was Derek Bently not Bartl...Cathy,you are right, it was Derek Bently not Bartly, and for catching the typo, please pick a book and we'll send it to you as well.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-80836058411707075612008-03-29T08:43:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:43:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-49652072177308766222008-03-29T08:42:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:42:00.000-04:00Wow, that was fast, the prize will go to Gun, Mich...Wow, that was fast, the prize will go to Gun, Michelle missed number 6. Gun send me your address and a pick of a book at Diverse City.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-25746828863107786072008-03-29T08:37:00.001-04:002008-03-29T08:37:00.001-04:00Hi Dave I am certainly not going to win the prize ...Hi Dave I am certainly not going to win the prize as I have no idea what the answer might be to most of the questions.<BR/><BR/>I would suggest though that Freaks (1932) might be the first film to feature characters with learning difficulties - the microcephalics?<BR/><BR/>I think Derek Bentley (not Bartley) was the subject of the film "Let Him Have it". I do not know what social change his life led to though.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to the answers being revealedTraighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291004409548821517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-85900395188084053522008-03-29T08:37:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:37:00.000-04:00Hey again, My answers are:1-1939 (Of Mice and Men)...Hey again, My answers are:<BR/><BR/>1-1939 (Of Mice and Men)<BR/>2-The abolition of the death penalty<BR/>3-City Lights<BR/>4-Cape Breton Island in Far eastern Canada<BR/>5-Touched by An Angel<BR/>6-Broken hips and legs not healing properly<BR/>7-Blindness<BR/>8-John Callahan<BR/>9-Gardener<BR/>10-EditorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-85873765040145150722008-03-29T08:25:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:25:00.000-04:00sorry in all my excited typing, I didn't check any...sorry in all my excited typing, I didn't check any spelling before I hit publish comment- that would be Sat morning and Barlow!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-72290370957012353832008-03-29T08:20:00.000-04:002008-03-29T08:20:00.000-04:00Hey Dave!Hope these are right!1.1939- Of mice and ...Hey Dave!<BR/><BR/>Hope these are right!<BR/><BR/>1.1939- Of mice and men<BR/>2. Abolation of the death penalty<BR/>3. City Lights<BR/>4.Nova Scotia<BR/>5.Touched By an angel<BR/>6.Historical Myth- inbreeding/ legs not healed properly after being broken<BR/>7.Blindness<BR/>8.Quadrapalegic<BR/>9.Gardner<BR/>10. Editor in Chief of Elle<BR/><BR/>Woo-hoo, this was fun for a Sta mornign!! and informative too!<BR/>Michelle BarlwoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com