I finally saw “Sing” and it was overall really cute but one moment felt really sour and I didn’t understand the joke, if someone could help me out:

During the audition process there was a very tall giraffe who was an excellent singer and made the cut to be in the show, when the judge attempted to tell the giraffe that he made it in, the giraffe could not hear him because he was too tall.

The koala judge pulls out a megaphone to attempt to communicate the news to him and then said, “This is going to get annoying.” Then changed his mind and told the giraffe that he did not make it into the show and picked someone else.

My jaw dropped because that was so messed up to me… And what a flash to every person with a disability who is discriminated against for job opportunities and events like this competition because someone finds it “annoying” to accommodate, provide equitable opportunity, and inclusivity…

And what BLATANT audism!! Think of all the deaf kids in school who are bullied and left out because people don’t think it’s worth it to try and communicate with them because they can’t hear; how they might’ve felt watching that scene and it being passed off as acceptable and funny.

Most probably, it wasn’t intended that way, but after Zootopia’s focus on accessibility with diverse animals all around, that moment that seemed to be written for humor just left me confused… What exactly was the funny part?