{"id":2146390,"date":"2025-11-10T12:19:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2146390"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:19:36","slug":"accessible-sets-arent-a-luxury-a-new-film-starring-wickeds-marissa-bode-shows-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/accessible-sets-arent-a-luxury-a-new-film-starring-wickeds-marissa-bode-shows-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible sets aren’t ‘a luxury.’ A new film starring ‘Wicked’s’ Marissa Bode shows the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An accessible set for all requires intention. There are practical needs, of course \u2014 ramps for restrooms and extra-bright neon tape on the ground to better light up and mark cues and equipment for low-vision performers and crew members. But there\u2019s also a need to weave accessibility into the production so seamlessly that it doesn\u2019t feel tacked on or burdensome.<\/p>\n

On a sweltering day in June at the Van Nuys Elks Lodge, the cast and crew of \u201cThe Hog Queen,\u201d a short film starring \u201cWicked: For Good\u2019s” Marissa Bode<\/a>, were doing just that: re-creating a drag show at a small-town Texas gay bar, yes, but also modeling what a set that puts accessibility and inclusion at its center can look like.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been lucky in the way that \u2018Wicked\u2019<\/a> was an incredibly accessible set,\u201d Bode tells me later over Zoom, looking back on her experience making writer-director Katherine Craft\u2019s short horror film. \u201cI didn\u2019t really have to think at all about my own accessibility. However, I know that\u2019s not the same for all my disabled peers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nor is it common practice on any given set.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, even prior to \u2018Wicked,\u2019 the No. 1 question I\u2019m always asking when I\u2019m collaborating with somebody is, \u2018Have you worked with disabled people before? If not, how are you accommodating for that?\u2019\u201d Bode says. \u201cEven when I signed on to my agency \u2014 or even my PR team, or even my manager \u2014 that was one of the first questions I asked. That\u2019s always at the top of my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what made \u201cThe Hog Queen\u201d so rewarding. This was a production that made accessibility a priority. \u201cI just felt taken care of in a way with this process that I have not in others,\u201d Craft says.<\/p>\n

Craft\u2019s short film is part of Inevitable Foundation\u2019s Visionary Fellowship. The yearlong program, supported by Netflix, was designed as an incubator for disabled filmmakers. Since its founding in 2021, Inevitable Foundation has supported disabled writers at various stages of their careers. But with this latest and most ambitious fellowship, founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska wanted to put the emphasis on directors with feature-length projects ready for production.<\/p>\n

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