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Cooper: Oh, you don’t play golf. (laughter)
Yarbrough: (laughs) Yeah, right! I wanted my character to be a part of the family but also have flaws, yet be very genuine in that he cares for the kid. And I think we’re finding that balance of fun, humor, and making mistakes but solving them as well.
Cooper: In the disability arena, there is something simi- lar called the “super-crip” stereotype, where the media only goes toward, “Oh, my gosh, he’s blind, and he climbed a mountain!”
Yarbrough: Yeah!
Cooper: People go for that. They don’t see it as part of the fabric of life. They push it to a different level.
Yarbrough: And we address that issue in a later episode with inspiration porn.
Martirosyan: Exactly what I was thinking.
Yarbrough: And then the magical Negro and they’re relating somehow. I think they’re cousins—
(laughter)
Yarbrough: —in some regard. So we address both of these issues in an upcoming episode that I’m excited for people to see.
Martirosyan: Looking forward to it.
Cooper: I like the episode where you kind of lost it.
Yarbrough: Yeah, he wasn’t used to all this attention and it went to his head, but that’s another thing that was fun to show, his flaws. It went way too far.
Cooper: Or not far enough! (laughter)
Yarbrough: Yeah, maybe he could have gone to the White House or something. What I love about working on the show is that Scott Silveri and the writers are open to hearing our ideas when it comes to the show and our characters. Our show is very different in that we’re poised to do certain stories that no other show can do. That’s something I’m happy about.
Martirosyan: Do you and Micah Fowler find yourselves not able to contain your laughter?
Yarbrough: Oh, we have a great time. Micah is my bud.
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