Film Critic Wants The Mentally Challenged Banned from Movie Theaters
Film critic Jeffrey Wells had his viewing of “Gravity” interrupted by what he described as a spastic handicapped person:
A few nights ago some “mentally-challenged” guy ruined (or came close to ruining) a screening of Gravity for the parents of a guy I know. […] The guy was making spastic noises all through the film. Audible to many but nobody squawked except for my friend’s dad. When he confronted theater management “they didn’t want to hear any of it” and said “we can’t not allow someone in because they have a disability.” The discussion continued and they finally offered him two free tickets. The bottom line is that the Manchester theatre manager felt it was preferable to put his customers through a major annoyance than risk being seen as bigoted toward handicapped people.
Finally, the leader we’ve all been waiting for, Jeffrey Wells. This guy could run for office running under “The ban the mentally challenged from public places” platform.
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