I agree completely, although I would add that it isn't just Hollywood. This is the prevailing view in a ableist society, one in which people think it's somehow OK to say "I'd rather be dead than disabled" and other such crap. It also makes for lazy and bad writing.
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Date: 2012-07-17 10:34 pm (UTC)