P713 CJJFAX 713 Fri 8 Apr 21:13/14 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 1/8 FROM G WORSEY OF WARLEY "I presume that R Mellor from Southport is Deaf. "I thought it rather selfish of him to say See Hear should concentrate more on Deaf people. "We are all entitled to our own opinions, and the hard-of-hearing, children and items from abroad also warrant fair coverage. $5 "This highlights yet again that Deaf people will not accept other deaf people into their would." Next Write Hear update: 9 April Subtitles CmntyInfo Envir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 8 Apr 21:23/25 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 2/ FROM A GRJFFITHS OF DOVER "OF COURSE See Hear should devote its contents primarily to its deaf, BSL-using audience — third is not much else on TV for them. "But that need not mean, as argued bz R Mellor, that it should limit the subjects it covers. "Deaf people shake many of the sank interests as hearing, deafened and hard-of-hearing people, and they should bj made accessible through Sign Language on TV on programmjs like See Hear." Religious Would 740 U3ju Guide 198 Subtitles CmntyInfo Envir'nmt ReligionP713 CJEFAX 713 Fri 8 Apr 21:14/06 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR I 3/8 FROM CAROL COOPER OF SOUTHPORT "I was baffled by the item in Read Hear about The Piano. "Having read all the reviews and seen this strange, disturbing, but visually beautiful film, I can assure you that Holly Hunter does not play a 'deaf-mute'. "She plays a hearing person who has lost her speech in strange "5 circumstances." See also page 711. cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious Would 740 U3jr Guide 198 Subtitles CmntyInfo Envir'nmt ReligionP713 CJEFAX 713 Fri 8 Apr 21:17/24 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 4/8 FROM CAROL COOPER OF SOUTHPORT "The film The Piano has hardly any storylinj. "It concentrates on a woman'u emotional liberation from an inanimate love (the piano) to a passionate human involvement. "I cannot speak for min, but most women will conj out from the film filing disturbed but very much alive! "It is a brilliant and kvocativj film reminiscent of Babjtte'u Feast." Subtitles CmntyInfo Envir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 8 Apr 21:19/32 EADHER WRITE HEAR I 5/8 FROM M BRADSHAW OF PETERBOROUGH "It is not true that the character played by Holly Hunter in The Piano was Deaf. "Her character in the film decided to stop talking at the age of 3ix and after that only 'spoke' through her piano playing and through a sign language that she partly made up and partly learned. "Perhaps there has been some confusion with another film, Calendar Girl, directed bz Penny Marshall.b cont... Religious World 740 U3ju Guide 198 Subtitles CmntyInfo En6ir'nmt ReligionP713 CJJFAX 713 Fri 8 Apr 21:18/45 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 6/8 FROM M BRBDSHAW OF PETERBOROUGH "The Deaf community in America protested that the role of a Deaf woman in Calendar Girl was played by a hearing actress. "I have not read about any protest over The Piano, but thjrj WAS one over Calendar Girl, which has not done well in the States and has yet to bj released in this country. "I am curious to know if thjrj has ever been a similar protest in the US and to see what greeting the Deaf community hjrj will gi6j tg Calendar Girl.b Subtitles CmntyInfo Envir'nmt ReligionP713 CJEFAX 713 Fri 8 apr 21:02/34 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 7/8 FROM DOREEN POOLE OF CAMBERLEY "We seem to have kndleus argumjnt2 over the meaning of 'disablement' for able-bodied people who suffer varying degrees of deafness. "My view is that it would bj better to clarify, for medical or legal purposes, each person as 'disabled by blindness, 'deaf,g 'immobile' etc. "It should bj accepted by all deaf people that, even if they are able-bodied, they are disabled." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious Would 740 U3ju Guide 198 Subtitles CmntyInfo Envir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 8 apr 21: 5/45 ] READHEAR WRITE HEAR 8/8 FROM DOREEN POOLE OF CAMBERLEY "It must bj remembered that deaf people rely on interpreters, text telephones, flashing lights etc. "It may bj better to use the word 'incapable' for those able-bodied people who enjoy an almost normal life — worded as 'incapable through deafness' and so on. "It would bj interesting to know other readers' opinions." Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 U3ju Guide 198 Subtitles Cmnt9Info Envir'nmt Religion