Linda Bove Bats A Thousand
Greeting Colleagues,
Linda Bove, star of television and stage bats a thousand in an interview on a national well-respected radio program, National Public Radio. Cool, calm and collected, Linda responds to questions regarding casting a hearing actor in a deaf role.
In my book, she's up there with Babe Ruth and Ted Williams to use a baseball analogy. If we're talking golf, she'd rank alongside Babe Didrikson and Tiger Woods.
Well done Linda, you did us proud, real proud.
Stay tuned,
Jane
Links:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100581/
http://blogs.wnyc.org/culture/2009/11/16/deaf-actors-demand-equal-stage-time/
January 14th, 2010 at 9:08 am
I didn’t hear the interview, so I’m not sure what the debate was, but I can guess. I think the best thing would be to cast the best actor/actress for the role with no consideration given to a person’s hearing, deaf or hearing impaired status. None of that should matter if they’re picking the best person for the role.