Homer and Lisa Simpson. He carries the story with the deaf character.
The famous cartoon series simpsons (The Simpsons) will say, for for the first time in its 33 -year historywith a deaf character that would require the use of sign language, according to CNN.
Although the characters in the show only have four fingers, will use American Sign Language in this groundbreaking episode that begins next week.
“It’s very hard to do a ‘first episode like this after 722 episodes. But I couldn’t be more excited about it,'” executive producer Al Jean said, according to the US network.
Lisa Simpson is already with Michelle Obama in the series.
Lisa Simpson, the axis of the chapter
The episode is titled The Sound of Bleeding Lagid (The sound of bleeding gums) and focuses on the character of Lisa Simpson, one of the children of the famous family.
Lisa discovered that her favorite role model and musician, the late saxophonist Bleeding Gums Murphy, had a deaf child in need of a cochlear implant. Lisa is carried away trying to help the son, Monk Murphy.
The Simpsons will include a deaf character in the plot of the series.
The plot of the episode is inspired by the life of Loni Steele Sosthand, the main writer of the series.
“Loni proposed to make Bleeding Gums Murphy’s son a man born deaf and never hear his father’s music,” Jean told CNN.
Consultation with specialists
Sosthand also explained to the network that the show’s producers consulted with two sign language specialists to review the animations and make sure that, despite the fact that the characters ’fingers are missing, correctly conveyed the meaning of the words.
According to Sosthand, the episode was for him and a work done out of “love” and very “personally”. His brother, Eli, is hard to hear in a family that loves jazz music.
The CODA Case
Coda. The film is about a deaf family and has won three Oscars.
CODAthe film based on a deaf family whose only daughter is the only one who can hear, came from winning three Oscars (best film, best adapted screenplay -for director and screenwriter Sian Heder- and supporting actor for Troy Kotzur at the final gala.
Despite the sentiment of the entire film team and the acceptance for incorporating this theme into a mainstream film, criticism of deaf associations came immediately.
In interviews and on social media, some deaf and hearing children of deaf adults, known as CODA (Children of deaf adults) and Hearing Children of Deaf Parents, they said they felt sad.
While they hope this moment will lead to better recognition and open the doors to greater representation throughout Hollywood, they maintain that the film will clooking at the deaf from the perspective of hearing about his approach to interpretation for the deaf and its relevance to music, among other problems.
In some cases, this “auditory gaze,” as some call it, produces scenes that may resonate in the audience’s hearing, but are meaningless or even disturbing to deaf viewers.
harmful message
Jenna Beacom, a deaf media critic who often works as a consultant on writing projects with deaf characters, said she wants the film to “win every award.” But he added: “There are a lot of really damaging messages in this film., so that’s the conflict. I don’t want messages like this to come out. I don’t want them to take root. “
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