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    Signers in the theatre

    Visited (well actually dragged) a touring production of Cats - which I last saw in London in the 80's

    Anyroadup it was actually a quite good touring group with a nice tight production and choreography - but next to the stage with his very own spotlight was a signer stood on a plinth signing away to the songs which gave me a bit of a wtf moment

    It struck me as a bit of a pointless exercise for a deaf person to visit a musical - then again I get annoyed at the TV channels with a signer as I don't understand why deaf people just wouldn't switch the subtitles on - that way at least the non deaf population wouldn't be bothered by some guy/girl gesticulating across a third of the screen

    As the night wore on the signer became more intrusive and distracting- i.e. always in the field of vision

    Is this now the norm in theatres ?
    Last edited by Troll; 19 June 2014, 23:22.
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    I don't know the answer to that one but if I watch a TV show in English with the subtitles on I still read the subtitles.

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      Apparently Brussels didn't approve of the plan to gas all the people with disabilities, so now society is supposed to take simple measures to accommodate them

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        Originally posted by Troll View Post
        Visited (well actually dragged) a touring production of Cats - which I last saw in London in the 80's

        Anyroadup it was actually a quite good touring group with a nice tight production and choreography - but next to the stage with his very own spotlight was a signer stood on a plinth signing away to the songs which gave me a bit of a wtf moment

        It struck me as a bit of a pointless exercise for a deaf person to visit a musical - then again I get annoyed at the TV channels with a signer as I don't understand why deaf people just wouldn't switch the subtitles on - that way at least the non deaf population wouldn't be bothered by some guy/girl gesticulating across a third of the screen

        As the night wore on the signer became more intrusive and distracting- i.e. always in the field of vision

        Is this now the norm in theatres ?
        Perhaps they like to watch people dance and while deaf they will still be able to sense the beat of the music due to the vibration it causes. As for subtitles - they miss out a bit of the speech which I suspect signing may not. I presume that you would apply the same mentality to opera. I mean, why should we provide subtitles for al of those too thick to not understand songs sung in Italian etc.

        There is not a lot of point having somebody signing for deaf people if they are not in the field of vision! It's not like you van hide them behind a curtain!
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          Originally posted by minestrone View Post
          I don't know the answer to that one but if I watch a TV show in English with the subtitles on I still read the subtitles.
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            Originally posted by minestrone View Post
            I don't know the answer to that one but if I watch a TV show in English with the subtitles on I still read the subtitles.
            I wonder if that's a Brit thing? I do that too, but my foreign partner says she can't watch and read at the same time, maybe because in Johnny Foreigner Land they dub movies rather than subtitle them.

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              Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
              Apparently Brussels didn't approve of the plan to gas all the people with disabilities, so now society is supposed to take simple measures to accommodate them
              That's exactly why we need to be out of Europe!

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                Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                Apparently Brussels didn't approve of the plan to gas all the people with disabilities, so now society is supposed to take simple measures to accommodate them
                Typical EU propaganda. The measures were brought in to oppress normal people.
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                  I saw Cats a few months ago and there was no signer there.

                  I have seen a few musicals (I take my mother at least once a year) over the passed few years and have never seen a signer at any performance of anything now I think about it.
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                    Originally posted by BoredBloke View Post
                    Perhaps they like to watch people dance and while deaf they will still be able to sense the beat of the music due to the vibration it causes. As for subtitles - they miss out a bit of the speech which I suspect signing may not.
                    So instead of watching the choreography on the stage they will spend all their time watching the signer and interpreting their hand movements - for something like Cats would appear to be a self defeating approach as it's mostly a visual show
                    Now a Rock Concert would be a different matter - would you say this should be addressed at say Glastonbury so deaf people can be accommodated?

                    Originally posted by BoredBloke View Post
                    I presume that you would apply the same mentality to opera. I mean, why should we provide subtitles for al of those too thick to not understand songs sung in Italian etc.
                    I think you just argued against yourself there
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