Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man takes the experience of disability seriously by refusing to engage in tropes—a refreshing change for disabled viewers, like me, who rarely get to see our experiences depicted on screen.
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Morgan Leigh Davies is a writer in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in publications including The Los Angeles Review of Books and The Village Voice, and she is the co-host of Overinvested, a weekly podcast about pop culture.
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