As a general rule, we do not make jokes at the expense of the handicapped. The bitterly funny, just-sweet-enough My Blind Brother gets away with it because the jokes aren’t about his blindness per se, and because the vision-impaired gentleman in question is a total bastard. Total bastards are fair game, joke-wise.
The basic premise is established in the first scene, when blind Robbie (Adam Scott) is lavishly praised for running a marathon while his brother Bill (Nick Kroll) — who ran alongside him the whole way…
SXSW 2016: Nick Kroll and Adam Scott Bring the Bitter Farce in My Blind Brother
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