DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, March 11, 2015
-- unusual restaurant table used by the deaf
Deaf Table in any restaurant? Yes, deaf people face each o
ther and the lights are bright. At the AYZA Wine & Chocolate
Bar in Manhattan, there is an unusual table. One half of the
table is outside; the other half is inside. Both diners
face each other through the window, chatting on their cell
phones. One time two deaf people came in, and they used
ASL through the window. This is the Deaf Table! It is a
temporary arrangement as the tables will be taken down soon.
-- this strange feud between deaf residents and hearing resident
A feud between deaf husband and wife residents and their
hearing condo neighbor was bad and strange. It involved
condo association, police and attorneys. Why? The hearing
neighbor has a fear of the deaf and was scared by these
"deaf voices" and "deaf gestures" thinking they were going
to hurt him. Why strange? The hearing man is a retired secret
service agent and he protected the US presidents. He also
was a former security chief of a NFL team! Not afraid of
bad people but afraid of the deaf? So strange!
-- reason for not casting a deaf actress in a deaf role
Michael Ojeda, in making the "Avenged" film, offered the
deaf role to a deaf actress and was turned down! He could
have looked for another deaf actress, but decided against
it and cast a hearing actress for this deaf role. Why?
He said the actress must hear to follow the action
during the filming. He felt a deaf actress would not
work too well with the camera people with these action
scenes. Huh! We have many skilled deaf actors - Marlee
Matlin, Bernard Bragg, Lou Ferrigno, and many others -
and they have played all kinds of movie roles. Very
disappointing!
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