>> THE MOVIE WONDER IS ONE OF
THE PIG HE IS
THE PIG BI IS
THE PIG BIGGS
THE PIG BIGGEST DRAWS AT THEATRE
THE PIG BIGGEST DRAWS AT THEATR
RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S ABOUT THE CHALLENGES A
10-YEAR-OLD WITH A FACIAL
ABNORMALITY FACES.
I TALKED WITH A RILEY DOCTOR WHO
KNOWS THOSE STRUGGLES FIRSTHAND
AND NOW SHARES WITH US HIS
WONDER STORY.
>> HELLO.
>> HI.
>> EVERY TIME HE ENTERS A
PATIENT ROOM DR. MICHAEL GOOD
MAN SAYS HE'S READY FOR A
REACTION.
>> HONESTLY, EACH FAMILY I'VE
TALKED TO HERE, I GO OUT OF MY
COMFORT ZONE.
>> DR. GOOD MAN LOOKS DIFFERENT.
HE HAS AN INHERITED CONDITION.
>> I THINK PEOPLE, HONESTLY, IF
YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT HAS A
FACIAL DIFFERENCE, THEY'RE NOT
INTELLIGENT.
>> HE IS A 37-YEAR-OLD
PEDIATRICIAN WHO JOINED THE
STAFF AT RILEY HOSPITAL FOR
CHILDREN.
HE SAYS CONVERSATIONS
SURROUNDING THE NEW MOVIE
"WONDER" INSPIRED HIM TO DO WHAT
HE'S NEVER DONE BEFORE.
HE DECIDED TO PUBLICLY ADDRESS
HIS DIAGNOSIS.
HE CREATED A FACEBOOK POST WITH
TWO PICTURES
>> IT TOOK ME TO ABOUT MY MID TO
LATE 20s TO GET COMFORTABLE IN
MY OWN SKIN, BECAUSE EARLY IN MY
LIFE I NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE A
POST LIKE THAT.
>> IN THE POST HE WRITES HE'S A
DOCTOR, HOCKEY FAN, PERSON
LIVING WITH THE SAME SYNDROME AS
AUGIE, THE SAME CHARACTER IN THE
MOVIE.
THE POST HAS THOUSANDS OF
SHARES, HUNDREDS OF KIND
COMMENTS, AND A FEW CRUEL ONES,
BLASTING HIS APPEARANCE.
>> IT'S YOUR CHOICE WHETHER IT
AFFE
>> IT'S YOUR CHOICE WHETHER IT
AFFECTS YOU OR NOT.
I DIDN'T DO THAT FACEBOOK POST
FOR ME.
THAT W
FOR ME. THAT WAS NOT ABOUT ME.
THAT WAS ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT
THE MOVIE.
>> IN THE MOVIE, AUGIE IS
BULLIED.
HE'S PETRIFIED TO START FIFTH
GRADE.
>> DEER GOD, PLEASE MAKE THEM BE
NICE TO HIM.
>> IT'S TOUGH, BUT AUGIE
EVENTUALLY LEARNED YOU CAN'T
BLEND IN WHEN YOU WERE BORN TO
STAND OUT.
>> I WOULD SAY BASED ON THE
BOOK, I'VE GONE THROUGH ABOUT
75% OF THE THINGS IN THE BOOK
AND HE THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD
REPRESENTATION OF WHAT I FACED
AND WHAT OTHER KIDS FACE.
>> GOOD MAN SAYS THE ATTACKS
ERODED HISSELF ESTEEM AND LIKE
AUGIE, HE WOULD LOOK DOWN.
>> LOOKING AT THE FLOOR IS WHERE
YOU HIDE.
>> THE ABUSE ADDED UP AND BY HIS
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YEAR HE
SOUGHT A PERMANENT ESCAPE AND
TWICE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
>> THANKFULLY, THAT'S OVER AND
IT WAS A HORRIBLE THING TO GO
THROUGH, BUT IT'S OVER NOW AND
IT'S ALMOST 20 YEARS.
>> AND NOW GOOD MAN IS FINDING
PURPOSE
.
>> YOU GET ONE SHOT AT LIFE AND
THAT'S UP TO YOURSELF TO MAKE
THE MOST OF IT.
>> GOOD MAN SAYS HIS LIFE IS
PROOF THAT IF WE WANT TO SEE
WHAT PEOPLE ARE, ALL WE HAVE TO
DO IS LOOK.
>> THE MOVIE IS GREAT, AND IT
ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE.
AND I THINK THE RESPONSE TO
DR. GOOD MAN'S POST IS THAT REAL
LIFE IS MESSIER THAN HOLLYWOOD
AND DESPITE ALL HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO JUST CHOOSE TO BE
MEAN AND OF COURSE CYBER BULLIES
PROVIDE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR
THAT.
>> DR. GOODMAN SAYS IT TOOK HIM
UNTIL HE WAS WELL IN HIS 20s TO
LEARN HOW TO RESPOND.
THESE KIDS GROW UP, THEY'RE
ADULTS, THEY STILL HAVE
FEELINGS, THEY'RE PEOPLE,
THEY'RE HOCKEY FANS.
SO I APPRECIATE HIM SHARING
THAT.
>> I THINK THAT'S THE BIG DOWN
SIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, IS PEOPLE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MEAN,
BUT HE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW
TO TURN THAT AROUND, MAKE IT
POSITIVE.
>> AND MANY, MANY MORE POSITIVE
COMMENTS.
>> WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE THIS
MOVIE HAS, CHOOSE TO BE KIND.