A Pig Returns to the Farm, Thumbing His Snout at Orwell

[Marta Russell]

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>>I'm going soon.  Already my crip friends are saying that the film 
>>overlooks the fact that she had polio as a child and was impaired 
>>before the railroad accident that damaged her spine. Being a long 
>>time fan of hers I will go see for myself whether the filmmaker is 
>>so ignorant as to not include that as a BIG part of who she was.
>>
>
>well, i can tell you right now that there's no polio.

Given what I've read about the film maybe that is for the best.  How 
would this Traynor director person deal with it?  Given her 
predilictions described so far, she would probably depict Frida like 
a march of dimes victim or something.
marta

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