DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, May 6, 2016
-- a play is a bad deaf joke
"Twelve Angry Men" was an all-time famous story,
a TV play in 1954; a theatrical play in 1955
and then a movie in 1957. Since then this
story has been shown many times through
different adaptions. The most recent adaption
is a bad deaf joke. It shows a deaf man as
one of the 12 angry jurors. And it also
shows an interpreter for the deaf juror.
It is a sick deaf joke because the director
of this local adapted play in Oregon could
not find a real deaf actor, so had to use
a hearing actor for that deaf role. That
hearing actor knew no ASL, but had to
show "ASL" in that play. What good is
a fake-interpreter if the fake-deaf actor
could not sign at all! For a picture
of a fake stage fight, go to:
http://deafdigest.com/fake-fight-on-stage/
-- be careful when parking the car in garage
A deaf husband and wife were found dead in
their house in Cincinnati. They forgot to
turn off the engine in their car after
entering the garage. In 1968, NAD leader Hal
Ramger died the same way, not turning off
the car engine. It was a big story in the
Deaf Community at that time. Hearing
people may hear the engine and then run
back to garage to turn it off. So, for
the deaf, just make sure the engine is
turned off.
-- Again, Canada is stubborn
Last year, a hearing mother, from the
Philippines but employed in Canada,
wanted to bring her deaf daughter
into the nation. Canada said no, saying
deafness is a taxpayer burden. When
the public screamed, the government
backed off and allowed the deaf girl
to come to Canada. It is happening
again with another hearing mother
and her deaf daughter. Canada again
said the same thing - deafness is a
taxpayer burden.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- World War I - big deaf role
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
05/01/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
