THE LIMPING CHICHEN – Making the Alternative MacTaggart speech at the UK’s leading TV festival, Ayling-Ellis explained the countless barriers she has faced in her career, describing “a lonely, upsetting journey.” Ayling-Ellis explained how she had felt “torn” when scripts had been written for her without input from deaf writers, leading her to play “a […]
Kristen LopezContributorHollywood & Entertainment I write about entertainment, focusing on disabled representation. Emily Blunt is in talks to play a deaf and blind woman, continuing the problems of disabled representation. (Photo by Erica Price/WireImage)GETTY In the disabled community there’s a term: “cripping up.” It’s in reference to when an able-bodied person puts on the role of […]
By MATTHEW DESSEMJAN 19, 201911:35 PM In an interview with the Press Association, The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil said she turned down a recent offer to portray a deaf woman in hopes that a deaf actress would be cast in her place. Jamil made her comments in the wake of a conversation about disability representation sparked by Bryan Cranston’s role […]
A recent Twitter storm spiraled as the Deaf community responded to an article published by The Hollywood Reporter (THR) highlighting John Leonetti’s new film; “The Silence”, which premieres in December. The film features a hearing actor playing a Deaf role, which was subject to criticism from Deaf people including Deaf actress Marlee Matlin and Deaf model Nyle […]
Under mounting pressure from a wide variety of demographics who feel underrepresented in film and television, the entertainment industry is finally beginning to show signs of diversity. It is important to recognize that this gradual movement toward a multicultural media is only the result of long and tiresome grassroots efforts. The fight for representation… Read […]
SIGN LANGUAGE NYC – by Lydia Callis Over the past couple weeks, the #DeafT [Talent] movement spread like wildfire across social media. Using this hashtag, members of the Deaf community publicly spoke out against the cultural appropriation…Read more at: https://www.signlanguagenyc.com/category/deaf-actors/ Note: The title, hastag and link were originally published by the author/publication The title has […]