The stereotypical disabled character Andy in Little Britain:
We chose to look at this character because it is easy to point out how he is shaped like our stereotypical view of disabled people. One stereotype of this character is his voice: just because he is in a wheelchair, they have made him sound dumb, but thats like saying everyone who is in a wheelchair for paralysed limbs, for example, are all dumb. Another way the audience is lead to believe that Andy is 'dumb' is through the way his carer talks to him. He acts like Andy is a child and talks down to him patronisingly.
Another stereotypical characteristic of Andy is the way he moves. At the end of the scene below, Andy throws down the paint roller as if he has little control or care over it and doesn't realise his own strength.
These actions show our stereotypical view of disabled people: that they all have little control over themselves and are all unintelligent.
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