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Great Moments In Representation: Jade Jones Performance as a Plus-Sized Belle in 'Beauty And The Beast'
“Belle is a fairy-tale character. I firmly believe that it shouldn’t matter what a person looks like to fit a role like Belle as long as they fundamentally fit the director’s vision of who Belle is.”
Great Moments in Representation: Tyrion Lannister's Importance To Little People's Representation in Entertainment
“Little People characters in books, television, and movies were often written to be laughed at or designed as a spectacle: they usually are jesters, clowns, and circus performers in fiction. This irrevocably changed for the better with Peter Dinklage’s portrayal of Tyrion Lannister in the HBO show “Game of Thrones.”"
Great Moments in Representation: 'Wicked' & the Representation of Women On Stage
“Representation matters – not just for those who need their stories told and have long been excluded from the narrative, but so that we can all learn to see ourselves in those different from ourselves. We need to take a closer look at how subversive, in many ways, “Wicked” actually was and continues to be.”