Stereotypes Of Stuttering In King George VI

King George VI portrayed some typical behaviors of stuttering in many scenes. Firstly, In the beginning of the movie, this is when he had not received speech therapy from Lionel. He was so nervous and anxious before giving out speech to the nation. After he got on the stage and started to speak at the closing of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly Stadium, he repeated the word “the” for several times, which is a symptom of repetition of a word. Then, he was not able to read the script fluently because the sound is stopped in his mouth, which is a symptom of blocks. These are two primary behaviors of stuttering that a patient will experience. Secondly, the cause of King George VI’s disorder was related to his childhood experience which made