Movie offensive to the blind


If they can't see it, how can they be offended by it?

"Hundreds of supporters of the U.S. National Federation of the Blind are planning to protest the theatrical release tomorrow in the United States of the Canadian co-produced apocalyptic thriller Blindness, a film it has deemed "offensive" to the sight-challenged.

However, a spokesperson for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind said yesterday there are no plans to picket it here. "CNIB is not planning any protest around the movie, Blindness," CNIB spokesperson Cathy Moore said yesterday. "In fact, we haven't even seen the film."

The American organization plans to protest the movie at 75 theatres, in 21 states. Blind people and their allies plan to hand out flyers and carry signs. The federation told The Associated Press one of the slogans will read: "I'm not an actor. But I play a blind person in real life."

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Posted by John Ray.