2023-08-18 10:12:23
The actress Halle Bailey He broke many prejudices and stereotypes a few months ago by embodying Ariel. For the first time, ‘The Little Mermaid was no longer like all the boys and girls knew her through cartoons. Now this mermaid is a young woman of color who has broken barriers. However, this has not been the only princess Disney who has opted for inclusion and diversity lately. Although on a smaller scale, the Valencian albino actress Patty Bonet represents Bella in a musical which is being carried out in various municipalities and cities in Spain. Bella is no longer a brunette girl, but she is now a blind and albino woman.
Bonet appreciates this type of inclusive project to break imposed stereotypes, since, in his words, this musical allows “the little ones to open their eyes and see that there can be many different Bellas and they are all valid.”
complicated challenge
However, the actress and presenter of the draw for the ONCEwhich is broadcast on TVErecognize that you are beingnot quite a difficult challenge. During the premiere, she heard a comment that affected her. «I heard a girl in the audience say: ‘Oh, if Beauty is dark’. And yes she affected me. I entered my darkness of thinking that I was disappointing that girl and that I still had no right to be on that stage, “she laments. However, the objective of this project is to change this type of criticism. “It may be that they are shocked to see me at first, but it may also be that, at the end of the play, their gaze changes,” she explains.
Patty Bonet: “I want to opt for characters that my albinism does not define”
A few days after the premiere, Bonet definitely understood the importance of this type of musical, which reflects diversity. “Perhaps in some square, there is an albino girl who sees that Bella can also be like her and that she has opportunities,” claims the Valencian, who knows that “there will be days when the comments will affect me more and, in other bowling, they will not I will give so much importance.”
break with their characters
Patty Bonet also accepted this role because “Beauty and the Beast” is her favorite movie.
In addition, and as I explained to Levante-EMV a few weeks ago, his characters in the movies are always characterized by the albinism. “I fight for normalization so that I can opt for characters in which my albinism is one more characteristicbut that is not what defines them or their main conflict,” he claims.
Therefore, the role of Bella is so important for the actress. “I always get tough characters, who mark stereotypes and I wanted to do this because she is a princess,” she emphasizes.
However, this is not the only project that the albino actress is working on during these summer months.
direct a documentary
Bonet has gone one step further and, after four years, is once again directing a documentary with the support of the ALBA association to help people with albinism, which has received a European grant. In the short film, the importance of this associative movement through various interviews with young members taking advantage of the fact that they are immersed in a summer camp in the town of Llíria. In it, not only albino adolescents collaborate, but also young people without albinism to share experiences and exchange knowledge. All these experiences will be collected in the documentary, which will be released in 2024.
ALBA is an association created in Valencia that helps people with albinism and that brings together affected people and their families, as well as professionals interested in this genetic condition, with the aim of every person with albinism can grow, study, work and develop in a society free of intolerance and myths about this genetic condition.
Bonet claims the importance of this project to “get to know, share their experiences and overcome adversities within a framework of social inclusion”.
During filming, the Valencian admits that many young people and relatives questioned some doubts regarding albinism. “Parents come who have just had an albino child. They ask you and you shed light on them because you explain your experiences and they share knowledge,” she emphasizes. In this sense, he defends the importance of having references to see that they are capable of achieving everything they set out to do. By way of example, the actress explained to the young women that by putting on mascara, less light entered through the eyes. “For them, all this is a discovery,” she stresses.
Patty Bonet: “I want to opt for characters that my albinism does not define”
Therefore, the Valencian is clear. “I will continue to help all the people who are in this situation so that they have the referents that I did not have at the time”, he concludes.
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