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QUT International Students Speak Out - Part 2: Norway

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A Norwegian student, at Australian University QUT expresses grave concerns regarding a film trailer which appeared to encourage laughing at people with disabilities. The film is being made as part of a PhD project at QUT. Two lecturers were recently suspended from this university for 6 months without pay after publicly speaking out against the film and the PhD project which was initially entitled "Laughing at the Disabled: Creating Comedy which Confronts, Offends and Entertains."

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  • Other views on the show Unlikely Travelers

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  • Thanks for uploading!

  • Dang, I'm only days away from finding out if I'm going to study abroad out there. It kinda makes me wonder what to expect. I paused the video as much as I needed to, and even kept it paused long enough to read that letter which said the school still strives to see that every student is treated with dignity (which is nice to know, considering my OWN struggles) so I'm assured by THAT. However, if they really meant it innocently, why were 2 gentlemen who opposed met with such harsh reprisal??

  • Michael Noonan... never grew up, emotional maturity of a three year old. I love his remark that the mentally ill victims of the film thought it was hilarious. What a fucking prat.

  • sheesh, he sounds so australian.

    i didn't watch much, came here looking to study a norwegian accent but found none.

  • I am not surprised that a person was confronted. He claims credibility because he worked at a "mental institution" (1950s language), sees intelectual disability as a "disease" and people with intelectual disability as "patients".

    He seriously needs confronting!

  • C. Reason: Wow, first you tell everyone who hasn't seen the now secret footage to shut up, then you abuse someone who has seen it and speaks up as a foreigner. You are exactly the right person to defend this project, what does the 'C' stand for?

  • This is hilarious.. Can't wait for Part 3!!! Maybe a student from Kazakhstan could talk of their "horror" at Noonan's use of powerpoint slides..

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