#abc's speechless

[marauders4evr]

That’s it.

That’s the whole show.

And it is glorious!

(And yet tragically ignored by most nondisabled viewers which is why you all need to stop walking or jumping or running or whatever other pointless activities you like doing, and instead go watch Speechless!)

[marauders4evr]

I MISSED SPEECHLESS SO MUCH...

[marauders4evr]

Last week’s Valentines-Day-themed Speechless episode:

J.J.’s new girlfriend:

(She calls the date weird; the subtitles were messed up.)

Me:

J.J.’s new girlfriend:

Me:

Final consensus: She gets to live...................................for now.

[marauders4evr]

I get that Kenneth can’t stay with JJ when he goes to college because the harsh truth of being crippled and transitioning into college is that you lose most of the pediatric support (like your doctors and aides).

That being said...

I was so hoping that the entire show was going to lead up to a scene where Kenneth decided to move with JJ and Maya smirked and said, “Nice to meet you, Blind Side.”

[marauders4evr]

There’s not a single heterosexual explanation for this.

(My favorite part is that you initially think she’s reading JJ’s speech board and translating for him until you realize she doesn’t look at it once and he slowly turns to stare at her in disbelief.)

[marauders4evr]

Speechless is still one of my favorite shows of all time and for the most part, the disability representation is amazing, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t have some big flaws and I think the biggest one has been obvious for the past few episodes. The show can’t ever really go an episode without centering a story that’s completely around JJ’s disability. Even something as stupid as him wanting to go film a B-film at a college campus had Maya and Jimmy spending the entire episode stressing about how he could live out there. His whole personality seems to be “wheelchair” as of late.

I mean I get it, to an extent, your disability is a gigantic part of who you are, the more severe the disability, the more severe of an impact. I get it. But, you know, an hour ago, my biggest crisis wasn’t anything wheelchair-related. It was trying to figure out how quickly I could roast tomatoes without burning the olive oil. (The key is opening a window and staring down death). Ten minutes ago, my crisis had nothing to do with the lack of accommodations in the world. It was about me realizing that it was the first day of the new semester and I had already forgotten to read a book. Whoops. Nine seconds ago, my biggest crisis wasn’t about the quality of life that a disabled person could have, it was about me groaning as I realized that I’m typing this post as a means of procrastinating instead of reading. Crap. Okay, I have to go, but seriously, this is definitely starting to bother me about the show.

@justrollinon, what are your thoughts?

[marauders4evr]

The only advantage to having five huge monopolies control every channel on television:

Micah Fowler, lead actor on ABC’s Speechless: I really like Star Wars.

Disney, owner of both ABC and Star Wars:

[marauders4evr]

I couldn’t make this shit up and my job is to literally make shit up.