Good Morning America Today: Marlee Matlin and MSSD Performing Arts Company
This morning Marlee Matlin and the Dancers from MSSD Performing Arts Company were shown on Good Morning America.
Check out the videoclip: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4511890
It is not captioned. However, you can still see the bits of signing by by Marlee and the MSSD dancing entourage composed of both MSSD and KDES students.
Now people are learning that not just Marlee Matlin of the ABC show “Dancing with the Stars, but countless other Deaf people do enjoy the music and the dancing. Heck, some can do a mean dancing, better than the average hearing dancer! I am not a fan of the show “Dancing with the Stars”, but a friend convinced me to watch the dancing competition last week. Marlee Matlin did an awesome job dancing!
“Read my hips” That’s a catchy slogan :)
email contact: mishkazena@aol.com
This morning Marlee Matlin and the Dancers from MSSD Performing Arts Company were shown on Good Morning America.
Check out the videoclip: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4511890
It is not captioned. However, you can still see the bits of signing by by Marlee and the MSSD dancing entourage composed of both MSSD and KDES students.
Now people are learning that not just Marlee Matlin of the ABC show “Dancing with the Stars, but countless other Deaf people do enjoy the music and the dancing. Heck, some can do a mean dancing, better than the average hearing dancer! I am not a fan of the show “Dancing with the Stars”, but a friend convinced me to watch the dancing competition last week. Marlee Matlin did an awesome job dancing!
“Read my hips” That’s a catchy slogan :)
email contact: mishkazena@aol.com
March 24th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Thank you very much for inserting the video clips of GMA. Totally, I forgot to tape it by TiVo this early morning before I took off to work. Fortunately, I don’t have to miss this episode.
Marlee has evolved greatly since the very first film, “Children of a Lesser God”. I personally believe she will have more opportunities to come and hire more deaf and hard of hearing actors into the entertainment industry.
Thank you again!
Nick Vera
March 24th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Deaf people can dance? I did not know that…isn’t it amazing?…look at them. They are just like us…wow! We didn’t know that. Oh They can feel the vibration? oh that is just so awesome….oh look at the hearing aid device…it helps deaf people can hear…marvelous, isn’t that something? My heaven’s sake!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Thank you for showing the videoclip. I had missed it earlier.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
One more…I hope that Deaf actress and actor in the future will forbid any interviewers given on TV to ask them about their disabiliy. No more. This has to stop…I want them to allow interviewers to ask about their talents and why they are fascinated with characters or the play itself but no more about disability. This has to stop.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I mean…asking them about their talents…
March 24th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I agree with penny. reporters or whoever asking/talking about their disability is getting old. but there are alot of people that still dont know that we deaf CAN do anything.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
No kidding.
I’ve had two hearing people asking me on the Internet if I can drive. @ @
D U H!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Mishka,
*GASP* you *cough-cough* c-a-n drive?
World, watch out when Mishka hits da road!
Hey… can you r-e-a-d too?
Hee hee
Amy Cohen Efron
March 24th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Thank you for showing the video clip.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Geez! Why did ABC news have to include Bill Austin (CEO of Starkey Laboratories) when they were showing Marlee Matlin and MSSD students’ dance performance? I suspect that Bill saw this as an opportunity as a free promotion of his business and wonder why can’t they simply focus on Deaf people’s uniqueness that lead their success? It is too obvious that ignorance still exists in ABC News.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Ron-
I agree with you. I strongly encourage Deaf person who is asked to attend for interview on T.V. should demand in contract that the T.V. production will not add individuals in the interview for their business like with the CEO from Starkey…Deaf people like me and you need to take more control and not allow anyone to puppet us from media etc. I have seen movie stars making sure that interviewers do not ask them some personal questions. They are taking more control and now it is all up to us to take the stand too. Thanks for bringing this up.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
MZ, thanksssss!! i didnt know she would be on “GMA” neat clip
and can u drive? hahaha \../,
March 24th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I found a copy on youtube, so I’ll see about getting the captions up this week.
March 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Thanks for sharing those clips.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
There’s always going to be ignorant people no matter what! lol
March 25th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
MM said Vote vote vote by her finger spell ……. where her say PLEASE VOTE. nothing I do not see SAY Please !
Ha!
Davy
March 25th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Yes, Candy there are always ignorant people, but the more people learn, the less ignorant they become. The good news will be when there is a deaf person on a show, and nobody notices because it happens all the time and it’s just another version of normal.
This video is Captioned now, -
http://billcreswell.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/marlee-matlin-on-gma-3-24-captioned/
March 26th, 2008 at 10:11 am
“Read my hips!” LMAO!! I love that!! I am quoting you on my website today!! Woot!!
March 26th, 2008 at 10:33 am
As to the dumb Hearing question about you driving Miska,..”Ignorance lives on!!”
When will they ever learn?
I am still asked online..”STANELLE,…CAN YOU REALLY READ AND WRITE ABOVE A FOURTH GRADE LEVEL!!!”
My answer,..”Yes, I can read and write about a forth grade level and if you, dear Hearing questioner can read and write above a fouth grade level,..yourself,..perhaps,..just maybe,..perhaps,..you can read the book that I helped write if you go to your local library or maybe to my Xanga website!!
Can Deaf people dance and drive? Dumb questions!! Stanelle goes off muttering to herself!!
April 15th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I am surprised not to see any blogs…at least I haven’t found any….about how the end of the interview wrapped up. As an interpreter and a CODA, I was appalled that when the interviewer (can’t remember her name just this minute) finished her segment with Marlee turned to the camera to introduce the next segment and then turned to the interpreter that “she doesn’t need to know this.” Why the heck show it then, I guess none of us needed to know it. I hope Marlee let her know what she did was WRONG. As in interpreter I experience this all the time. I had higher hopes for GMA.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Francie, I don’t know about others, but I didn’ see this particular show.
What you said.. yes I’ve heard of that many times and you are right. It shouldn’t happen. I don’t know why some people think it’s ok to say that… Not thinking? It’s certainly very insensitive.
Thanks for sharing this with us.