{"id":5617,"date":"2016-01-25T17:51:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T15:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2024-10-22T12:36:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:36:25","slug":"aurelie-above-elbow-amputee-in-the-brand-new-testament-character-and-plot-review-attn-spoilers-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=5617","title":{"rendered":"Aurelie (above elbow amputee) in the “The Brand New Testament” (2015) movie – character and plot review {attention – spoilers ahead} [movie review]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janet and John discussing this movie review:<\/p>\n

As attention catcher and cast into a totally stereotypical role in the movie “The Brand New Testament” (wikipedia<\/a> | imdb<\/a>), we have Aurelie \u2013 a CGI \/ mask made left above elbow arm movie amputee that mostly wears a passive prosthetic arm – as played by Laura Verlinden<\/a> (who is an actress with both arms and hands).<\/p>\n

Of course it is generally laudable to see an amputee character in a movie rather than having that type of disability nowhere, unseen, unheard. But then, having media constantly reiterating worn out old stereotypes hardly is cool.<\/p>\n

And just as I also commented on Mad Max Fury Road<\/a>, I also considered the attempts in Kingsman<\/a>, or, Home of the Brave (2006)<\/a>, or, maybe in the ill-fated attempt for cinema titled “Hancock”<\/a>. See the introduction to my Mad Max review for an explanation of why, generally, arm amputee views (you surfed here, right? what was the title of this blog?) on arm amputee movies matter. Again: I am not asking so much whether a particular fairy tale, being told as\u00a0a movie or so, is consistent in itself and represents a standalone piece of art, as such and regardless of the time and culture it was made in. Instead, I want to know with what type of stereotype here and now, in this day and age, we will leave the cinema – here, Riff Raff Zurich last Saturday – or movie watching experience. After all, all<\/em> of these movies build on cheap stereotypes.<\/p>\n

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