TCM is doing a Disabled Month, right now I’m watching a movie where Dana Andrews is a blind pianist with an unpleasant personality. Later today Liberace is playing a concert pianist who goes deaf and discovers a heretofore unrecognized expertise in lipreading. I’m not watching it, as I’m sure it sucks. It’s called Sincerely Yours, which is among the top “don’t watch” titles in history, I am mortally sure.
TCM, as would be expected, is doing a good job of curating this series, pointing out how, in general, filmmakers are becoming better at presenting the reality of disability (for lack of a better word; I don’t consider myself to be disabled, although I do need to make certain adjustments). No, I didn’t like CODA, good acting, too much magical thinking. There have been entirely too many movies where someone signs and sings simultaneously. (You really cannot do both at the same time. You can sign ASL, or you can sing, pick your lane. Same thing with spoken English and ASL, you need to pick your lane.)
