Someone Owes Marlee Matlin and the Deaf People a Huge Apology
Frustrated from not being able to watch Marlee sign America the Beautiful or the Star Spangled Banner, I am fuming and looking for who to blame and cause a ruckus about this. I am in shock and awe that the CBS broadcasting company chose to introduce her but only show flashes of her signing twice. Of course, you may tell me it'd show up on the internet somewhere eventually. Well that's not right for someone like me or others who are deaf or hard of hearing. I saw on the internet pictures of the jumbo-tron at the stadium that they had Lady Gaga singing and Marlee in the little box on the lower right hand corner signing. Why didn't they consider that same thing on national television? Sign Language is visual, not heard. We were watching Gaga sing. We could hear her sing if we were watching Marlee and it wouldn't have made any difference.
When you say you will accommodate the hard of hearing/deaf, please open your minds to the best possible availability to do so.
I am a deaf person with a cochlear implant and I am working on my ASL (American Sign Language) and Marlee is my role model for it. Shame on the network, shame on those who decided to introduce her. Did you know she has signed for the Super Bowl three times? I didn't know till I saw her post. That means she was there signing for two years and I didn't even know it. Please, please I beg you please provide a small screen on the left, right corners of the large screen next time so we, the deaf and hard of hearing, can see the emotions of the song in sign. It's a beautiful thing I tell you.
Keep up the fantastic work Marlee! Do come back next year and hopefully they will put you on TV signing the whole time!!!!
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