Indiana Disability History

Title

Ethan Crough - Stereotypical Roles in the Entertainment World

Subject

Arts

Advocacy

Community Living

Description

"I'm one who has educational conversations about dwarfism with the world." In this excerpt from a 2017 interview, Columbus, Indiana resident Ethan Crough discusses the portrayal of people with dwarfism in popular media, depictions that have consequences for people in their daily lives. "Each piece of popular culture that highlights a person with dwarfism ends up with this repercussion," Ethan explains, whether people of short stature in public have been referred to, over the years, as Munchkins, Mini-Me's, or inflicted with the Oompa Loompa song.

A former professional actor, Ethan has been active as a board member of Little People of America, Inc., a public speaker, and an advocate for people with dwarfism.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Publisher

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

Date

2017-06-09

Contributor

Ethan Crough - interviewee

Jane Harlan-Simmons - interviewer

Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

Rights

Relation

060-si

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

060-mi-01

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

060-mi

Bibliographic Citation

"Ethan Crough - Stereotypical Roles in the Entertainment World" YouTube video, 00:07:01, interview excerpt 060-mi-01 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on January 12, 2018, https://youtu.be/1ygmICWWqMk.

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Bartholomew County, Columbus

Temporal Coverage

1973 - 2017