responding quotes Flashcards
zion
people would discriminate…
people would discriminate against him and comment to others about him
- coach donahue
- interview
zion
everyone wanted me to…
everyone wanted me to look like everybody else but i just wanted to be myself
- zion
- voice over
zion
first time i ever saw…
first time i ever saw zion…he was wearing prosthetic legs… he was forced to wear them
- voice over
- coach donahue
zion
come senior year…
come senior year i beat some of the best guys in ohio
- zion
- voice over
zion
footage of zion wrestling…
footage of zion wrestling in finals match
- archival footage
- wide shot
zion
footage of zion being…
footage of zion being trained by coach, being there for him
- mid shot
- actuality footage
zion synopsis?
american short documentary film, 2018
explores the life of zion, a physically disabled wrestler
article
i felt a creeping sense…
i felt a creeping sense of dread for me and all the other disabled people in my own camp
- inclusive language, conative lang
article
but the broadcasters ‘theres no…
but the broadcasters ‘theres no such thing as cant’ message is wrongheaded and unhelpful
- descriptive language
article
beacuse, er, cant IS
because, er, cant IS a thing. its also in the dictionary… My daughter cant become a mermaid… I cant walk.
- lexical choice (repetition)
article
living well and happily with…
living well and happily with a disability is, I’d argue, about accepting the cants you have to accept
- paradox
article
what does this message mean for…
what does this message mean for me? it means i’m a failure. i cant walk and i accept that.
- emotive lang
article
in other words, if they, with their manifestly…
in other words, if they, with their manifestly disabled bodies, are able to achieve these things, then ‘whats your excuse?’
- visual imagery
article synposis
- article by lucy catchpole, disabled woman
- article was a response to a paralympics advert
- video states ‘yes i can’ message. but she literally cant
