Posts by Sacha
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The fact they showed breasts in the promo breaks kinda emphasises my point.
True. It did seem out of the ordinary.
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Shared space details for Auckland cbd including useful video clip. Don't get too excited, though Stephen - it's a rather compromised version.
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Bart, it's not just about skills, it's about culture. That's the connection with blackface. And disabled performers are excluded from performing in many ways, including the unchecked ignorance of producers and casting agents.
And no I'm not saying that they shouldn't have to be be able to act or sing or whatever, but there will be a period where extra investment is needed to get things off the ground - just as there was when other groups started being included.
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Are you saying that the Deaf choir is somehow special and exempt from being considered in the pool of choirs for this scene?
No, Amy, I'm saying that it is the only one to my knowledge that ever has been treated this way on the show. I believe there's a word for that.
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Oh and in case you thought that was a good example of sign singing, check this lo-fi local solo example - note the more expressive body language and facial expressions and imagine a whole group doing it like that:
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Reading's for sissies.
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A live interview can go fantastically wrong, that's for sure, but it's far safer for your average minister than a pre-recorded one.
Hadn't thought of it that way, but I'm persuaded. I think there are degrees of interrupting and times when it seems most called for (pollies, usually).
Do you reckon Transpower might have been spinning the producers during the prep for the show - for Campbell to come out against Strange's position so hard, so fast ?
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I can't actually come up with a superior alternative
I can - let the Deaf choir sing their own song. In full.
Do a magical blend with one of the many other choirs the gleeks have sung with and yet somehow resisted the urge to "rescue". Oh and the Deaf choir was never invited to join the gleek performance.
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and what a tired old message that one is - overdue for retirement
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Barney on How I Met Your Mother
has the best lines
"you can call it a ninja star danger-jock if you want"