TWA

Really? She was promised television exposure? I haven't seen or read anything other than people complaining on FB and vlogs. No responses yet from NFL/ABC. Any links?

Deafness

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Tousi

Promised exposure? If you read the language, they really don't but the laity's gonna think otherwise. It might take a while but I will try to find this year's "promise".

Tousi

Ok, here's an article. Click on the NAD Press Release link when you get to the lower half of the body of the article. Then come back to the article and see a 20 year history of this.

ASL National Anthem at the Super Bowl | Amanita.net

Tousi

Bump.....

The Highlander

I know Rachel M, we went same class from high school, She is very smart, so mature, and respect. So many of our friends can't wait to see her at TV and never happen. They really pissed off big time and blamed to NBC/NFL thru facebook ever I seen.

Old times, ASL was closer to singer as 10 feet. Now pretty far away like 50 feet away.

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ABC nothing do with it.

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TWA

Fantastic article and a great resource. Thanks. However, it doesn't change my opinion. In fact, it just reinforces it. What I see now is that ASL has been featured prominently many times during the National Anthem telecast in the last twenty years, but Deaf are basically complaining that they don't get a prime spotlight each and every year. Good grief.

What exactly does showing the ASL version of the National Anthem do? I saw all this complaining about how if Rachel had been featured, the world would know that Deaf can do anything just like hearing, etc. etc. How does it prove to hearing people that we are capable of doing everything that they do? Of course we are, but signing the National Anthem doesn't prove that at all.

Marlee Matlin's rendition in 93 was absolutely beautiful, and I gained more respect for Garth Brooks knowing that it was because of him that she was featured the entire time.

I had to totally LOL at the "artistic rendition" by the Speaking Hands troupe. Their signing was way overdone and they looked absolutely ridiculous in contrast to Cher's singing. I'm sure many hearing people were laughing like crazy watching it. If I were a TV producer, deaf or hearing, I would never want that situation repeated.

I definitely think that it would be nice if an ASL version were featured every year, but there should be better coordination between the singing performance and the ASL performance, and Deaf should not just expect to get prominent TV time and then stir up a shitstorm when it doesn't happen. There are far more important issues facing the Deaf that the community should be focused on. Like employment discrimination and Deaf-on-Deaf discrimination, which are both rampant.

TWA

NBC. Whatever.

PowerON

Heather Whitestone in dazzle, it look awful. I'm sure it's normal in 90s. ewww

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