http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 7 Aug 2004 18:31:29 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/07/004834.php#comment-78632 Not to me. Have known enough paraplegics for it not to be. But, most people are not used to being around paralyzed people. So, yes, there is an element of that in going to see him perform. Teddy Pendergrass knows it. He says he accepts that some people, initially, are curious. They want to know: "What is he going to do? How is is going to do it?" (The answer is rather obvious: Sing.) T.P. says he knows he can win them over once they become more interested in the performance than the disability. 78632@blogcritics.org Sat, 7 Aug 2004 18:31:29 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/07/004834.php#comment-78608 "But, we live in a society in which severe injury is a novelty." um... okaaaaay.... "I am familiar with paraplegics and did not find his appearance disconcerting." Nice of ya. But was it a 'novelty'? 78608@blogcritics.org Sat, 7 Aug 2004 12:33:15 EDT