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Sign-language interpreter brings Deen's message to deaf fans
When Southern chef Paula Deen appeared last year at Caesars Atlantic City, two deaf people and an interpreter were in the audience.
Word of mouth spread among the deaf community about the enjoyment derived from seeing Deen in person, so that her appearance last week brought back interpreter Rita Jo Scarcella of Cherry Hill, along with 17 deaf people, including husband and wife Karl and Mary Carolyn Flail of Mays Landing and Jean Marie Wilson, who attended the first Deen appearance.
Deen's expected 90-minute talk and cooking demonstration turned into a two-and-a-half hour appearance filmed as a possible TV talk show pilot.
With prior arrangements made through Caesars, Scarcella stood on a step on the left-hand side of the orchestra right near the stage under a column of speakers. As Deen spoke with her guests - including actor Shemar Moore, producer Gordon Elliot and her son Bobby Deen - Scarcella her time listening to what was said and working her fingers and arms nonstop.
After Deen's appearance, Mary Carolyn Flail said through interpreter Scarcella that she loved Deen's spiritedness and high energy.
"I love her (Deen) because she's such an emotional woman," Karl Flail said, as translated by Scarcella. "You feel like you grew up with her. It was very interesting to be here for the live taping."
After seeing Deen twice, Wilson said through Scarcella she would next like to see TV chef Rachael Ray live. She missed her November 2006 appearance at Caesars.
When Southern chef Paula Deen appeared last year at Caesars Atlantic City, two deaf people and an interpreter were in the audience.
Word of mouth spread among the deaf community about the enjoyment derived from seeing Deen in person, so that her appearance last week brought back interpreter Rita Jo Scarcella of Cherry Hill, along with 17 deaf people, including husband and wife Karl and Mary Carolyn Flail of Mays Landing and Jean Marie Wilson, who attended the first Deen appearance.
Deen's expected 90-minute talk and cooking demonstration turned into a two-and-a-half hour appearance filmed as a possible TV talk show pilot.
With prior arrangements made through Caesars, Scarcella stood on a step on the left-hand side of the orchestra right near the stage under a column of speakers. As Deen spoke with her guests - including actor Shemar Moore, producer Gordon Elliot and her son Bobby Deen - Scarcella her time listening to what was said and working her fingers and arms nonstop.
After Deen's appearance, Mary Carolyn Flail said through interpreter Scarcella that she loved Deen's spiritedness and high energy.
"I love her (Deen) because she's such an emotional woman," Karl Flail said, as translated by Scarcella. "You feel like you grew up with her. It was very interesting to be here for the live taping."
After seeing Deen twice, Wilson said through Scarcella she would next like to see TV chef Rachael Ray live. She missed her November 2006 appearance at Caesars.