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Best Summer Ever Serves As Template For Disability Representation in Hollywood Antonio Ferme, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The opening musical number in “Best Summer Ever” ends with a kiss between protagonists Sage (Shannon DeVido) and Tony (Rickey Wilson Jr.), who fall in love at a sleepaway dance camp in Vermont. Executive producer Will Halby said he shared a realization with his crew while filming this scene. “I turned to our directors and said, ‘I don’t think that this is something that has ever been put on film before,’” Halby said. What’s unprecedented here is that Sage is in a wheelchair and is played by an actress who herself is in a wheelchair. In fact, it’s the first musical to star people with disabilities and the first SAG-registered movie in which more than half the cast and crew are disabled. ....
âBest Summer Everâ Review: Not Just Another Song and Dance A largely disabled cast leads this charming teen musical. Rickey Wilson Jr. & Shannon DeVido in âBest Summer Ever.âCredit.Chris Westlund, Alexa Carroll and Kent Willard/FreeStyle Digital Media By Calum Marsh Best Summer Ever Musical When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. âBest Summer Everâ is a high school musical. It isnât âHigh School Musicalâ â itâs better. Tender and exuberant, it includes set pieces modeled on âFootlooseâ and âGrease,â and feels closer to those films in spirit than to the Disney Channel. This is the kind of movie that vibrates with the energy of the people who made it, whose enthusiasm radiates from the screen. The actors and filmmakers seemed to have had an extremely good time bringing âBest Summer Everâ to life. Wat ....