Michelle Butler Hallett has found freedom and inspiration with her electronic bike, which she calls Sopwith. Butler Hallett lives with a disease called ankylosing spondylitis, which can cause some of the vertebrae in the spine to fuse together over time. It's even way more than just a bike," Butler Hallett told CBC Radio's Weekend AM in a recent interview. "With that character I really wanted to play with the Elizabethan ideas of disability.... That a perceived fault in the body signified a fault in the character," Butler Hallett said. You are or you aren't, there's not a whole lot of room for nuance," Butler Hallett said.

Source: CBC News August 07, 2022 09:53 UTC