tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post5343416417903204059..comments2024-03-14T07:23:42.959-05:00Comments on Eternal Sunshine Of The Logical Mind: Hot Docs 2008 - S&M: Short And MaleBob Turnbullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-32417786820368206312008-05-05T22:52:00.000-05:002008-05-05T22:52:00.000-05:00Thanks Scott!I hope the film gets a wider distribu...Thanks Scott!<BR/><BR/>I hope the film gets a wider distribution, if only on DVD or on one of the Documentary networks.Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-16127195082774469662008-05-05T20:48:00.000-05:002008-05-05T20:48:00.000-05:00Great post. I had never really thought about heig...Great post. I had never really thought about height issues in that way before. With shows like "Little People, Big World" highlighting the struggles of little people, it seems as though the hardships of those who fall somewhere in the middle get pushed to the side. Thanks for letting us know about S&M.<BR/><BR/>Scott<BR/>he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.comelgringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-25735907953818871112008-05-05T11:16:00.000-05:002008-05-05T11:16:00.000-05:00Wow James...That's an amazing story. I can't imagi...Wow James...That's an amazing story. I can't imagine being in the position your Dad found himself.<BR/><BR/>That's the kind of thing that the movie does a good job in pointing out though. For all of its lightheartedness, it makes some pretty solid points and showed that the discrimination is much stronger (in both NA as well as the rest of the world) than most people would have thought.<BR/><BR/>In the Q&A afterwards, someone asked whether the director was equating heightism with racism. I expect he's had that question before as he answered nice and calmly and said that he doesn't equate it on moral grounds, but he does if you look at its effects (as in salaries, job possibilities, etc.).<BR/><BR/>If I'm still thinking about a movie's message a week or so after seeing it, I'd have to say that's a good sign...Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-67164972563029468702008-05-05T08:49:00.000-05:002008-05-05T08:49:00.000-05:00I'm a shortish man who's the son of short parents ...I'm a shortish man who's the son of short parents and yet I wasn't tempted to see this. But I do have a story that illustrates that height discrimination was alive and well in Canada until fairly recently. When my father came to Canada in 1967 for a "guaranteed" job with Northern Telecom (he climbed the telephone poles in Ireland and hoped to do the same here), he was turned away for being too short. Luckily, jobs were plentiful back then, but could you imagine uprooting your family, taking them thousands of miles from their home, and then being denied employment because of your height? Ludicrous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com