A new film I'm producing this Fall will revolve around a documentary crew that sets out to portray the life of a man with cerebral palsy. Needless to say it will go badly (for the documentary crew, not my production crew).

*Proceeds from this article will be used for production costs and nothing else!*

Elbeck Keeton is a Boulder CO based actor. He has cerebral palsy in real life.

Elbeck Keeton will be taking the lead role. He's just about the most insane actor I've ever worked with. (Insane enough to have palsy and act at the same time.)

My pitch for the film is as follows:

Elbeck is a 25 year old college student who has cerebral palsy.

His love life is on the fritz (and has been for a while). It's hard to meet a girl when your a full head and shoulders shorter than most of them, and walking with a cane to boot. This hasn't stopped him by an inch, and as a result he's earned quite a reputation around town.

Having palsy means that even the simplest of tasks take enormous amounts of time. Whether it's the kitchen or the bathroom or just getting into his BMW Elbeck moves so slow he might as well be an astronaut repairing a space station.

Giorgio is an (Italian) documentary film producer centered in Boulder CO, and he'll star as the man behind the camera. The first thing Giorgio notices upon taking the gig is that Elbeck is in dire fucking straits. He's slow as hell, and isn't getting lucky with the ladies. What starts as a documentary about raising awareness for the disabled quickly turns into a hodgpodge of attempts on the part of the documentary crew to help Elbeck with various parts of his life.

Does Elbeck need their help? Does he want it?

The situation grows tense as Elbeck's life begins to improve, many of the things he used to do are now done for him, and every care he used to have goes out the window. But should disabled people be treated like friends or British Royalty?

Just about every aspect of Elbeck's life is chalk full of humor. But Goergio and his documentary crew can't seem to see it, and never know how to act around him.

Our film will ask: What's more friendly than making fun of Elbeck's plight? After all, don't we poke fun at each other as a sign of respect in american culture? If so, what's more disrespectful than not poking fun at Elbeck?

This film isn't about raising awareness for people who have cerebral palsy, or the disabled in general, it's really about is poking fun at how people never seem to know how to act around disabled people. Actors like Elbeck go through hell, and it's not your fault - and you might learn a thing or two if you make friends with them (and by that I mean poke fun at them).

*Proceeds from this article will be used for production costs and nothing else!*

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