Linkspam: Glee's Hairography

[sasha_feather]

Representation Linkspam #7

A Mandolyn and Ky: So much to blog about

Adventures of a Young Feminist: Glee: Hairography

The Booze Tube: The Dumbing Down of Disability on Glee

dreamofstars Thinky thoughts ahead, beware

Five Blondes: Disabilites are NOT uncool

bork Holiday! And Glee, yes, the show

handyhunter i feel like i'm in a springsteen song

Squidalicious: Facepalm: Deaf choir on Glee

This Ain't Livin (meloukhia): Glee: Hairography

trouble It's a Secret Message: See if you can find it

Comments

[sasha_feather]

According to Rocky Time Warp Blog, it is an actual deaf choir. But that's the only source I've found.

[trouble]

That is such an awesome blog post.

[trouble]

And it hits something that had slipped my mind entirely. They weren't using Sign Language, they were using Manual English. ASL has its own grammar and syntax. It would be like singing the song in, say, Mandarin, and just doing a word for word translation.