Quad means FOUR. These are Paraplegics (paralysis of legs and lower body). The web site and press for this movie constantly repeats this falsehood.
Christopher Reeve was a Quadriplegic. Watching quadriplegics plan rugby would really be something. Think of a group of men (or women) controlling their chairs a la Christopher Walken in "Suicide Kings" by blowing on a tube.
Watching paraplegics was interesting. But it is fundamentally wrong for this film to be marketed as "Quadriplegic rugby players".
I think the story is an arresting one, but I am astonished that such an obvious falsehood could be repeated over and over without challenge.
Christopher Reeve was a Quadriplegic. Watching quadriplegics plan rugby would really be something. Think of a group of men (or women) controlling their chairs a la Christopher Walken in "Suicide Kings" by blowing on a tube.
Watching paraplegics was interesting. But it is fundamentally wrong for this film to be marketed as "Quadriplegic rugby players".
I think the story is an arresting one, but I am astonished that such an obvious falsehood could be repeated over and over without challenge.