What is stuttering Stanley?
Stuttering Stanley was originally brought up in the movie “The Sixth Sense”. The teacher had a stutter when he was growing up and used to be called “stuttering Stanley” and bullied by his peers. During the scene in the movie a boy in his class who can talk to spirits finds out this information from the past and begins to shout ‘stuttering Stanley’ in class because his teacher acts passive-aggressively towards him in class. The teacher seems very shocked and anxious when the child begins yelling this, and he begins to stutter in front of his class. The term’ stuttering Stanly’ in this movie scene tells us the bullying and hardships the teacher must have gone through as a child as he was made fun of by his peers for stuttering. It also shows us how deeply rooted with emotions stuttering may be as the teacher was not stuttering until he was reminded of an emotional event and his stutter seemed to reappear again, as he was having a difficult time dealing with the emotional stress.
Samuel L. Jackson is a Black actor who stutters. He reports that he was able to overcome it through acting.
As airflow is the foundation of speech, when the airflow is obstructed due to tension and uncontrolled closing of oral muscles, the sound produced is compromised.
Craig Skistimas, also known as Stuttering Craig, the co-founder of ScrewAttack which is a production company for video games.
The adored pig from Looney Tunes, Porky Pig, has a stutter. It has been found that he stutters 23% of his spoken words and uses a wide variety of stuttering types.
Stuttering affects around 70 million people worldwide, so yes of course there is going to be a comedian who stutters.
The National Stuttering Association (https://westutter.org/) is a good website to find news about stuttering. The ‘Stuttering Foundation’ is another website that provides the most up to date news (https://www.stutteringhelp.org)
News reporter John Stossel is a news reporter who stuttered. News reporter and journalist Byron Pitts also stutter.
There are two general philosophies of stuttering treatment: Fluency shaping, and Stuttering acceptance
When an individual stutters, the voice may change as there is additional tension on the vocal folds and on the musculature surrounding it.