The Theory of Everything
One of the films nominated for multiple Oscars this year, The Theory of Everything is based on Jane Wilde Hawking’s book ‘Travelling to Infinity: My life with Stephen’, a memoir dealing with her marriage to Stephen Hawking, his deterioration due to Motor Neurone disease and of course his legendary success in the world of physics. Although the film has brought with it great success, there have been some debates regarding using a non-disabled actor to play a disabled part.
In a recent Guardian article, this enactment of a disabled character was compared to that of an actor playing the part of a different race to their own. ‘We wouldn’t accept actors blacking up, so why applaud ‘cripping up’?’ Personally when watching The Theory of Everything I felt uncomfortable through some scenes, in wh...