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Netflix orders cerebral palsy comedy series Special from producer Jim Parsons
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Parsons is teaming with Ryan O'Connell on an eight-episode TV series based on O'Connell's part-memoir, part-manifesto I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves. O'Connell will write and star in Special, playing "a gay man with mild cerebral palsy who decides to rewrite his identity as an accident victim and finally go after the life he wants."
TOPICS: Jim Parsons, Netflix, Special, Ryan O'Connell
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