Blind rage against the movie "blindness".

This can only happen in the US of A! A great piece of literature (a must have read) has been made into a Hollywood production (did they succeed?) and some people feel offended by it. Why don't they start a book burning as well? But what is actually the problem...

Blinda rasar mot filmen "Blindness"

I den kommande filmen "Blindness" drabbas en amerikansk stad av en epidemi som gör invånarna blinda. Kaos uppstår och staden drabbas av en total kollaps. I huvudrollen syns Julianne Moore och filmen, som bygger på en bok av Jose Saramago, har lanseras stort i USA inför premiären i helgen. Men alla är inte lika glada. De blindas riksförbund i USA, NFB, fördömmer den och uppmanar nu till en massdemonstration, skriver BBC News.

– Filmen porträtterar blinda som monster och jag anser att det är en lögn. Blinda framställs som inkompetenta, smutsiga ,elaka och depraverade. De är ofömögna att göra ens enkla saker, som att klä på sig, bada eller ens hitta badrummet. Sanningen är att blinda gör precis samma saker som de seende gör, säger NFB:s ordförande Marc Maurer.

Nu väntar den största protesten utförd av blinda på 75 biografer runt om i USA i samband med filmens premiär.

Source: DN

A Google translation for the non Swedish readers:

In the upcoming movie "blindness" an American city is hit by an epidemic that makes people blind. Chaos arises and the city suffers from a total collapse. Chaos arises and the city suffer a complete collapse. The main role is for Julianne Moore and the film, based on a book by Jose Saramago, has launched big in the U.S. before the premiere this weekend. But not everybody is happy. The blind federation in the U.S., NFB, condemns the movie and is now urging for a mass demonstration, writes BBC News.

- The movie portrays blind people as monsters, and I think it is a lie. Blind peopel are presented as incompetent, dirty, nasty and depraved. They are incapable to do even simple things like dressing themselves, bathe or even find the bathroom. The truth is that blind people do exactly the same things that the sighted do, "said NFB's President Marc Maurer.

Now awaits the biggest protest carried out by the blind at 75 theaters across the United States in connection with the movie's premiere.