Disability and Comedy: Challenging Stereotypes Onscreen

Characters with disabilities or any type of impairment have been present in film productions since the early stages cinema. However, they seldom become main characters mainstream media and particular comedy films, as their body doesn’t belong to acceptable norm. Comedy has known a tool challenge system yet it seems scarcely used represent disabilities, drama being preferred choice for narratives revolving around disabled protagonists. This article focuses on two films which are combined tell stories centred, indeed, people disability (Come You Are The Peanut Butter Falcon, both released 2019). Using different humour strategies such incongruity superiority, successfully society, its conventions stereotypes—with mechanisms deal what is considered “normal” superiority power relations. analysis will show how genre capable give possibility express themselves an audience that also represented screen—whether viewers who can identify protagonists abled ones see behaviours challenged onscreen.