Change in Christy's representation throughout the film.
gains more and more independence throughout the film. Status as pitiable and pathetic goes and he gains the status as being a super cripple.
Representation as being unable to have a love life comes and goes too. It seems to disappear as he gets closer and closer to a girl but as he shows his true feelings towards them, the representation of being unable to have a love life takes over again.
Final representation of Christy is that of someone who can find love, as any other person could.
Representation being honest and balanced?
Appears to be creating a balance between the super cripple and pitiable and pathetic stereotypes. The film seems to be trying to portray him as having a normal lifestyle as everyone else in the film, but he always has some sort of set back when everything seems to be going good for him.
Representations show prejudices of the time it is set?
Yes, not only of the time it was set, but also prejudices that are still true to this day. An example of this is, every time he appears to get close to a girl. Initially they turn him down without giving him a chance to see what he's like in a relationship. This reflects the attitudes of the time it was set in, as disabled people were often pitied and many feared the commitment that came with having to be in a relationship with a cripple.
News Article
The written text goes completely against the story ending from 'My Left Foot.' Whilst the film shows the remainder of Christy's life to be a loving and fun one, the newspaper article shows it to be a dark ending to the rest of his life. The ending of the film appears to have been done to fit in with the mainstream endings of the majority of Hollywood endings; the perfect happy ending
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