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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe most amazing thing happened at the Oscars... Amazing and wonderful
A deaf man won an Oscar.. He won it for CODA .. the audience stood and cheered in sign.. I cried a river.. I have a deaf brother.. we cheered back and forth on FB..
https://news.yahoo.com/troy-kotsur-becomes-first-deaf-043952959.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
ChazII
(6,204 posts)Peacetrain
(22,875 posts)teaching dirty signs to Pres. Joe.. as my brother said.. it would have been " a big f***ing deal"
ChazII
(6,204 posts)but I told them I knew the Lord's Prayer because my church has a person who signs the sermons. They were disappointed.
Gregory Peccary
(490 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)His costar in the film, Marlee Matlin, was the first Deaf actor to ever win an Oscar, winning Best Actress in 1987 for her role in "Children of a Lesser God."
Budi
(15,325 posts)Thank you for this OP, Peacetrain
Peacetrain
(22,875 posts)that is wonderful for the deaf community and deaf culture.. feeling more a part of the general population..
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Jetheels
(991 posts)Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)niyad
(113,265 posts)Emile
(22,681 posts)gotten more attention than it has.
Peacetrain
(22,875 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Tabloid MEDIA ran the "drama" over top of every decent & worthy event of the evening.
Because that's what they do. They've become the paparazzi hiding in the bushes waiting for that gotcha moment for a headline.
And people eat that mud up till the next one lands on the Media desk.
Appears Media scored some big profits driving that one!!.
"Money & Media", baby!
Emile
(22,681 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)And MEDIA never let it go because THAT is how Tabloids make $$$$.
Emile
(22,681 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)They'd have been slapped silly & people would have applauded their insults!
What a weird world.
BUT HEY, LET'S NOT FILL THIS OUTSTANDING OP WITH A MEDIA DRIVEN NON-TOPIC.
K?
Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)You brought the shadow .
Kablooie
(18,626 posts)The three deaf characters, mother, father and son were all deaf actors. Only the acrtress who played the daughter, the only hearing member of the family, could hear.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,013 posts)in Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Signed "hello" to Marlee Matlin as she walked by.)
Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)But what are they signing?
I made a funny.
littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)Love you more.
❤
FailureToCommunicate
(14,013 posts)TygrBright
(20,758 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)& MSM & Social participants play along with that manipulated game.
I don't know how irs ever made functional.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Deep State Witch
(10,424 posts)In the first(?) season of "The Mandalorian", Mando encounters a Tusken Raider and speaks to him in sign language. Troy Kotsur played the Tusken, and developed the Tusken sign language. Unfortunately, he wasn't in "The Book of Boba Fett", probably because he was busy filming CODA.
calimary
(81,220 posts)Another reason to watch that series again!