The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread — Page 411

What was that show...was it Big River?....that had the deaf people signing throughout the show? I thought that was so fantastic. I was sorry I didn't get to see it again before it closed.

I learned some ASL during one of my internships at a state run psychiatric facility outside Baltimore, Maryland. I was assigned to the deaf/hearing impaired unit. We had fulltime interpreters, but in being there 3 months I picked up quite a bit. I haven't used it in a long time.
Like the Spanish I took all through grade school and 3 years of high school, I lost much of it from disuse.
My supervisor and a couple of other students and people from the unit went to see a play and go to a club at Gallaudet Univ in DC. That was a neat experience.
I've been wanting to learn it again, but have no one to practice with usually.

I'm curious how much Raul does know aside from letters. He's been married a long time. Unless he doesn't see his brother-in-law much, I imagine he must sign fairly well. Or maybe his brother-in-law speaks as well.

Good luck, Alix! I kinda envy you learning it. Someday maybe I'll take it up again. Do you find yourself speaking with your hands more than usual in everyday conversation? Took me a good year or so to stop using my hands, sometimes with signing, while talking.

Wait, why does that sound totally unfamiliar? *googles it*

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"it actually felt the plainest and natural to me"

I would say that about the Vietnam memorial, which I definitely prefer. There are no plaques with pictures of war scenes, no fountains or statues. Just a black granite wall with the names of everyone that died. That's what a war memorial should be, not a playground and Christmas card photo-op for tourists.

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I'm going to see TTB!!! I'm so excited!

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*prays its in NY*

Enjoy, Elphie! I hope they do a wonderful job!

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Elphie, I am very jealous! When are you seeing it?

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I really want to see it live again. I really hope that concert can happen.

Yikes. I was checking MTI's website to see where it was playing and a middle school in PA is doing it. This show is SOOOO not appropriate for middle schoolers and I'm terrified that they've censored it.

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Wait, sorry, it's a Middle High School. I guess it's one of those combo schools. But still, that's weird. The other productions are all community theaters and that kind of stood out.

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Maybe it's a performing arts school. But still.

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Oh my. 16!? I guess I can see where some of them would go but are there 13 other roles in the show? Maybe if I actually counted there are? So it *could* be OK. As long as the main three do a good job.

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hmmm, interesting. It's hard to picture but I guess it could look really good if done well. Yea, that's what I was thinking - diner people. And then maybe they have different people playing the other small parts that the 3 actors usually play or the lines the band has.

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