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Marissa Bode Criticizes Jokes About Nessarose’s Disability
The Wicked star distinguished these “deeply uncomfortable” comments from “goofy, harmless” house jokes.
In a five-and-a-half-minute TikTok posted on Friday, the actress distinguished “goofy, harmless” house jokes from the “deeply uncomfortable” comments she’s been getting about her character’s disability. Bode, who is the first wheelchair user to play Elphaba’s divisive sister, explained that she’s fine with people poking fun at Nessa’s future fate and personality, because that’s all based in fiction. While Bode said that jokes about disability “made out of ignorance” don’t affect her as much as they once would have, she’s worried about the people who might still be harmed by them today.
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