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Guest post: the good, the bad and the boring of “Life’s Too Short”

This guest post is by Emily Sullivan Sanford , who blogs at Painting on Scars. Emily has achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. She lives in Berlin, where she writes and speaks about disability and equality. Check out her previous guest post, too!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Art complicates politics because it mixes matters of taste with matters of justice. I can think of no better example of this than the tangle of a few good messages and many awful jokes that is HBO’s Life’s Too Short, starring Warwick Davis.

In a mockumentary format, Warwick Davis (WillowHarry PotterReturn of the Jedi) plays a caricature of himself: a former actor with dwarfism who’s struggling to make money, enjoy the ...

This guest post is by Emily Sullivan Sanford , who blogs at Painting on Scars. Emily has achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. She lives in Berlin, where she writes and speaks about disability and equality. Check ...