"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
Marcus Aurelius
Here I am talking about Me Before You once again. I'm sure if you're sick of hearing about it now! I hadn't planned on writing this post but after getting into a debate on the Trailblazer's Facebook group I decided I'd like to do a follow up post on some of the points raised there and from other places on the internet. These aren't all the points but just some that I've seen made again and again. An interesting factor to these points is the fact they all came from others within the disabled community. It's important remember not all of us will view the book or the film the same. Art is subjective and up for interpretation. The fact still remains that this is how a lot of us have viewed it and authors and film makers have a duty of care to make sure they try and see how their work may be interpreted from all angles and when that fails them they need to come up with a better answer than it's not the intended message or that we don't understand what they are trying to say. I'd like to say since my first post I have read the book and my feelings have remained much the same. If you missed my original post you can find it here. Now on with today's post.
Warning: This post includes book and film spoilers!