Marisa Bode spoke out against bullying her character in the latest film, Wicked. The actress, who is wheelchair-bound in real life and onscreen, claimed that comments and jokes about ableism made her uncomfortable.
On her TikTok account, Bode opened up about the role of Nessa she played in the film and shared that although she knew she would receive hate for her character’s personality, she did not expect that audiences would accept her disability. Will tell jokes about.
In the video shared by the actress on the social media platform, the No Roles Written star revealed that she had no patience for criticism and jokes.
Addressing the audience, Bode revealed, “That’s the art and the beauty of Wicked – these characters and the movie wouldn’t be what it was if there weren’t different opinions on the characters and who is or isn’t truly evil. And Nessa. Not being liked is fine by itself because it’s imaginary.”
She continued, “The offensive comments and jokes about Nessa’s disability are extremely uncomfortable because disability is not imaginary. At the end of the day, I, Marissa, am a person who is still disabled and in a wheelchair. And so it’s just There is a low hanging fruit that many of you are comfortable with picking.”
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Furthermore, Marissa claimed that she had been the laughing stock of people even before she was chosen for the role of Wicked. The young actress said she’s heard many versions of the most basic jokes on ableism.
Clarifying about how she is hearing poor jokes about her condition, Bode claimed, “These comments are not original, and when these jokes are made by non-disabled strangers with the punchline of not being able to walk. are being made, it feels more like laughing instead of laughing along.”
Bode concluded by saying that he would have liked Wicked’s audience to be more understanding towards him.
Apart from Bode, the film stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey among others.
Wicked is running successfully in theatres.
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