[emilymoon]

that is crazy! as long as your getting paid it is not degrading? I'm sorry but that perspetive only works if someone has numerous options for earning money which many people don't and have not throughout history. In fact I think you could argue that it is more degrading if you are getting paid to do something which devaules you as a human being, which people do every day. It seems to me having a little person pop out of a cake for Federlines amusement is degrading because it is seeing that person merely as a "freak" to laugh at rather than a human being. Little persons working in the entertainment industry have to battle stereotypes and degrading work constantly. Very few roles are as real people. only Seinfeld and The Station Agent have really shown that little people are whole people who happen to have a disability.