Obsessed with literally everything Christopher Reeve has ever done
He gave everything he had, but his mission didn’t end with him. There are still so many people who really need the support and who are holding on to hope for a cure.
If you can, please donate to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Foundation here
So, I’m watching Superman (1978) to get myself prepared to watch the new one soon and, as I always do when I’m watching stuff on TV, I’m flicking through Wikipedia and reading stuff about the film and the actors.
Now, I always loved Christopher Reeve. I was 7 when he had his accident and I remember being devastated by it, but reading about him on Wikipedia I needed to share two quotes about him that genuinely moved me.
After being heckled for performing in a play with homosexual themes (in 1993) he responded with “What I hear this lady saying is that she is uncomfortable with things that don’t resemble her or her way of life. This country is founded on a completely different principle, which is tolerance and diversity.”
And (about) a decade earlier he spoke out against Donald Trump saying:
“You’re allowed to dream as big as you want, but if your dreams step on the lives of ordinary people and ruin the quality of their life and their neighborhood, you have to be stopped.”
I know there’s a lot of bullshit going on in the world today, but these quotes from a man who (sadly) passed away over 20 years ago genuinely brought tears to my eyes.
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This add that @syrupmap contributed has been living rent free in my head for over a week.
Specifically
Such a beautifully true thing. I’m sure artists out there have drawn Supes and Christopher Reeve meeting. Please, if you know of any of those pictures, flood my dash with them!
