Marlee Maitlin? I haven't seen Children but she was in Picket Fences, had a recurring role in West Wing, among other shows... she is great! Yeah, there have been few disabled actors, and most of them were established actors who became disabled after becoming household names or so identified with a famous actor people couldn't see anyone else in the role or write it out- see Raymond Burr (Perry Mason) or Christopher Reeves. Poor Jensen. But yeah, people need to rally around him, force him to see he's not alone. Because he's going through hell, understandably.
Can I just say- if you haven't been to Newseum and seen the Pulitzer Prize photographs, you should do so before the traveling exhibit leaves? Seriously, I know $20 is a ridiculous ticket price, but that is a religious experience. And as bad as things are here, it reminds you of how much worse things are around the world. Very humbling.
Sorry, know that was random, but I remember that you're kinda close to DC.
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Date: 2008-05-05 12:46 pm (UTC)Yeah, there have been few disabled actors, and most of them were established actors who became disabled after becoming household names or so identified with a famous actor people couldn't see anyone else in the role or write it out- see Raymond Burr (Perry Mason) or Christopher Reeves.
Poor Jensen. But yeah, people need to rally around him, force him to see he's not alone. Because he's going through hell, understandably.
Can I just say- if you haven't been to Newseum and seen the Pulitzer Prize photographs, you should do so before the traveling exhibit leaves? Seriously, I know $20 is a ridiculous ticket price, but that is a religious experience. And as bad as things are here, it reminds you of how much worse things are around the world. Very humbling.
Sorry, know that was random, but I remember that you're kinda close to DC.