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This is something you already know if you’re on David Roche’s mailing list.

Hello friends: ”Shameless: The Art of Disability” is now available to view (free) at the National Film Board of Canada website! This iconic feature-length documentary about disability and creativity is a National Film Board of Canada production, directed by the noted documentarian, Bonnie Klein and released in 2008. It focuses on the stories and creative processes of four artistic people with disabilities, including myself, Persimmon Blackbridge, Catherine Frazee and Geoff McMurchy (and of course Bonnie herself). Enjoy!

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Quoting the NFB.ca film synopsis:

Art and activism are the starting point for a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals with diverse disabilities. Packed with humour and raw energy, this film follows the gang of five from B.C. to Nova Scotia as they create and present their own images of their disabilities.

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Watch the feature-length documentary now:

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And please buy David’s phenomenal book:

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Screengrab of David Roche’s upcoming schedule:

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Quoting David Roche, in an email sent Wednesday, Apr 8, 2009:

“Attached is a piece I am working on that I think will be the opening act of “Catholic Erotica.” It is a performance piece, doesn’t have to do with disability as such, but is written (and will be performed) from the POV of a pre-pubescent Catholic boy in the American Midwest in the 1950s. It is something I like and which works well on stage . . . It’s in the front of my mind and imagination because I am working on it right now.”

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A racy script excerpt…after the jump!

***Warning: Language & themes not suitable for children***

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From disabledcomedytour.com:

The Blue Collar Comedy Tour featured southern, white comedians. The Kings of Comedy—black comedians. Latin Kings of Comedy—Mexican American comedians. The Disabled Comedy Tour follows the same model, producing the next groundbreaking comedy tour . . . The Disabled Comedy Tour is a two hour stand-up comedy show featuring five fantastic comedians with disabilities, supplemented by one of the following, more intimate, events with the comedians:

• Post Show Q&A
• Pre or Post Show Panel Discussion
• Pre or Post Show Private Reception

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Meet the Comics:

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Tanyalee Davis

3′6″ Tanyalee is the Ferrari of comedy—low to the ground and kind of racy!
(A stand-up-on-a-chair comic!)

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Charles Walden

Funny, sarcastic, laid back, fresh and urban—with a splash of Cerebral Palsy!

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Patrick Deguire

Legally blind comic who first ‘discovered laughter as a means of self therapy.’

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Josh Blue

The comedian who puts the cerebral in Cerebral Palsy!

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And…Mr. David Roche

Brilliant author, performer, motivational speaker, and comedian who has a facial disfigurement

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disabledcomedytour.com

Then…

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At Middle School

By David Roche

Marlena and I sit on folding chairs as kids spill into the gym. The noise level rises exponentially. I sit with my eyes closed so the students can stare at me. Click to continue »