NARCOLEPTICS TIRED OF BEING THE BUTT OF JOKES
NARCOLEPTICS TIRED OF BEING THE BUTT OF JOKES
CINCINNATI, Ohio (Wireless Flash) A group of sleeping sickness sufferers says its tired of being the butt of jokes and its not taking it lying down anymore. The group called the Narcolepsy Network says the Bruce Willis comedy, Bandits, and the recent film, Rat Race, both used narcolepsy as a subject for jokes. Spokesman Robert Kraut says he doesnt think the illness is a laughing matter and his group is tired of stars like Willis and Billy Bob Thornton making fun of a serious disability. Although Kraut isnt asking narcoleptics to boycott the films, he says if the filmmakers ever make sequels, he hopes a character with narcolepsy will be diagnosed and treated instead of treated like a joke.
Tue 10-16-01