Also: *lol* on being fooled by David Strathairn! I think it's also the fact that he gets to show a sense of humor that makes him sound like an actual blind person.
When I was in grad school, one of the producers or engineers from a WGBH segment about a woman who had some chronic condition (maybe diabetes?), played a sound bite and asked us if we thought the woman was actually disabled or just a professional actress acting disabled. I promptly replied, "She's definitely disabled." The producer asked me what made me think that and I said it had to do with a bit where she was getting a blood test while talking about all the blood tests she had to get and how they didn't even hurt, and then puncuated this statement by saying "Ow" in a very flat almost distracted tone. I claimed that no able-bodied person could have made that funny, and the producer tried to psyche me out but I refused to be budged.
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Date: 2012-11-29 04:43 pm (UTC)When I was in grad school, one of the producers or engineers from a WGBH segment about a woman who had some chronic condition (maybe diabetes?), played a sound bite and asked us if we thought the woman was actually disabled or just a professional actress acting disabled. I promptly replied, "She's definitely disabled." The producer asked me what made me think that and I said it had to do with a bit where she was getting a blood test while talking about all the blood tests she had to get and how they didn't even hurt, and then puncuated this statement by saying "Ow" in a very flat almost distracted tone. I claimed that no able-bodied person could have made that funny, and the producer tried to psyche me out but I refused to be budged.