Outsiders - The Skin Horse: John Samson
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synopsis
Part of the "Outsiders" series: The Skin Horse (1983) - 52 mins - Focusing on the Outsiders Club, a dating agency for disabled people, it deconstructs popular imagery of the handicapped to show how they are either abused or patronised, portrayed as monsters or as children
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