Yes! That's her! I studied ASL in high school ages ago and we had some great discussions about her. Apparently the deaf community was extremely irritated with her after she spoke, but didn't sign an award acceptance speech. They felt like she was trying to deny her deafness. It spawned much debate. I think she's fabulous.
As for other disabled actors, it just makes it even more difficult to find work in an industry where it's almost impossible to find work. There's so much type casting that goes on, that unless a writer specifically wrote a character with Jensen in mind, chances are most casting agencies would toss his headshot. It'd be difficult for him to find work in theatre as well, and that's a slightly less brutal industry. He could do voice overs, but that's an entirely different genre. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that some theatre companies would embrace him. It wouldn't be the traditional Noel Coward type play, but with a risk taking director, Jensen could be very sucessful. Especially if he got involved in more cutting edge works. I'd find some titles for you, but my computer is being slow again. Off the top of my head, there's a new play called "Eurydice" which I could see him in, probably as one of the three stones.
Okay, I may officially be putting too much thought into this. *g* I'll stop casting hypothetically-disabled-Jensen in shows now.
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Date: 2008-05-05 12:56 pm (UTC)As for other disabled actors, it just makes it even more difficult to find work in an industry where it's almost impossible to find work. There's so much type casting that goes on, that unless a writer specifically wrote a character with Jensen in mind, chances are most casting agencies would toss his headshot. It'd be difficult for him to find work in theatre as well, and that's a slightly less brutal industry. He could do voice overs, but that's an entirely different genre. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that some theatre companies would embrace him. It wouldn't be the traditional Noel Coward type play, but with a risk taking director, Jensen could be very sucessful. Especially if he got involved in more cutting edge works. I'd find some titles for you, but my computer is being slow again. Off the top of my head, there's a new play called "Eurydice" which I could see him in, probably as one of the three stones.
Okay, I may officially be putting too much thought into this. *g* I'll stop casting hypothetically-disabled-Jensen in shows now.