Creating a [cc] video of all the ASL performances of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, including Deaf West Spring Awakening cast members: Marlee Matlin, Treshelle Edmond, & Alexandria Wailes.
Including this years ASL Performer, Sandra Mae Frank.
Starting in 1992 until 2022.
(not doing halftime because those have copyright songs)
BTW while doing this I've found they only seem to televise "famous" Deaf people. The more famous the person the more they are seen and accessibly shown.
**If anyone wants to help me caption video clips, please message me (@13mtm80 on all social media).**
Who are Warren Snipe, Sean Forbes? Halftime show ASL performers | 5newsonline.com
“This has never happened before, where deaf people actually sign," Warren “Wawa” Snipe said about the historic performance planned for the S
For the first time in history NBC and NFL had the worst communication errors, ever!
Beautiful deaf actress Sandra Mae Frank was not shown to interpret the American National anthem in it's entirety in a PiP format on live TV.
Enthusiastic and hard working deaf rappers Sean Forbes and WaWa Snipe were not shown at all via the nbcsports app nor the NBC website as our American deaf community were informed about, just a week before the Superbowl.
A few days before the Superbowl was to air, many deaf, hard of hearing and late deafened became angry and heartbroken that they had to download an app and or a website to be able to see Sean and WaWa during the halftime show.
This outrage has been called "Deaf oppression" and it must end now! It is 2022! Not 1920! Sign language interpreters should have been on public NBC tv, not any app.
Hopefully NBC and NFL, along with NAD (National Association of the Deaf) employees, find ways to allow sign language interpreters onto the main tv screen area of lower left corner in a PiP format, and for the entire songs.
No deaf or hard of hearing person should be made to scramble about searching for the half time show interpreters to try to enjoy the show just as hearing people do.
Shame on NBC and NFL for oppressing deaf and hard of hearing people in a day and age of high technology. The PiP (picture in picture) technology for sign language interpreters, set in a lower corner of a tv screen via public broadcasting, has been around for 40 years.
Sandra Mae Frank, Sean Forbes and WaWa Snipe deserved so much better with tv air time. 📺