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Should deaf characters be reserved for deaf actors? -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Oct 13 '09, 15:51

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/theater/14deaf.html?hpw (www.nytimes.com)

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hmm ... should the roles of little people be reserved exclusively for actual little people? (See: Gary Oldman in Tiptoes) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 16:07 1
- That is also a very good question, although I think a substitution of this sort is much more difficult to pull off convincingly. - znufrii Oct 13, 16:17
you're not going to weigh in on this one? -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 16:05 1
- I think in the end, I have to side with the producers. - znufrii Oct 13, 16:07
It's called ACTING!! Should deaf actors not be allowed parts where the character can hear? -- nm - Redmond Oct 13, 16:01 4
- um, usually they can't speak as well as a hearing person. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 16:03 3
  - There have been one or twon in smaller, or non-speaking parts. - the liioulu with parts Oct 13, 16:06
  - That is bad acting then. - Redmond Oct 13, 16:06
  - (which was precisely the issue at hand in this production) -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 16:05
should female characters be reserved for female actors? - Beryllium Oct 13, 15:53 5
- Well... they should be on SNL. ;) - the liioulu with parts Oct 13, 15:58 3
  - Dr. Maya Angelou wasn't played by a woman? Oh dear -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 15:59 2
    - (Next you'll tell me that Dr Seth Meyers isn't a man!) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 15:59 1
      - Well... ;) -- nm - the liioulu with parts Oct 13, 16:01
- Hell no! -- nm - Tyler Perry Oct 13, 15:58

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