http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/04/10/my-deaf-family-my-new-web-series/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/04/10/my-deaf-family-my-new-web-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3163 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:03:42 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=2901#comment-3163 Thanks for this, Liz. So many cool things going on here. I kind of love that by making Jared the protagonist, we also kind of get this basic teen “mom-let-me -live-my-own-life” story, too. Also, Marlee Matlin’s role here serves an interesting purpose – as a visible, humanized face for the production team that also identifies with their family, something that differs greatly from a cable net like TLC. I think the visibility of Matlin (and her independent production team) could potentially serve to mitigate senses of spectacle and exploitation from a “solely profit-motivated, monolithic industry” should the show get picked up.

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