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JS>CC>made him out to be handicapped.
JS>CC>  I thought it was funny for a while, but in otherwise bad taste.
JS>CC>  What did you think about it if you saw it? Anyone?

JS>I saw it the first time they introduced 'handiman'.   From
JS>then on, I refuse to watch the show.  Perhaps I took it too
JS>seriously, but I was offended.  That's my two cents worth...

"In Living Color" is a radical and raunchy show in bad taste. There are
some skits on there that are funny, but most of them are tastless,
esp. "Handiman" and "Antoine the homeless". Those kinds of skits are
insulting and demeaning. I feel that "Handiman" insulting to the
physically challenged. I've been a wheelchair for some time now with no
hope of getting out of it soon. And what even makes it worse is my
deafness.

One time I asked where the ramp was and the man replied, "Hey
guy! You should get Handiman to fly you up those stairs!" and people
around laughed. Boy was I angry! Just shows you the insensivitity(sp?)
out there in the real world. I've even gotten one guy that said I've got
it made cuz I'm disabled.

People just don't understand about handicap people. That's why ADA was
passed to stop discrimination against the disabled. Most people don't
think there is discrimination out there against the disabled, but there
is. And the "handiman" skit in "In Living Color" doesn't help.

Deafie.
sksk

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