SPECIAL OLYMPICS MOVIE DEAL

Special Olympics International made an unusual deal with the makers of The Ringer, a big-budget Hollywood movie that opens this week about a man who masquerades as an individual with a mental disability, reports The Washington Post. While some may find the the movie’s use of words such as “retard” offensive, Special Olympics, a charity in Washington, allowed its name to be used in the film and particpated in its production because it sees the comedy as a way to teach people about the charity and mental disabilities. “The risk of failing was enormous, but the upside of succeeding was even bigger,” Timonthy Shriver, the chairman of Special Olympics, told the newspaper.