Here is a file of the formal letter. Text: Letter To Comcast, NBC, NBC Sports, and Peacock I am directing this letter to Comcast, NBC, NBC Sports, and Peacock. The NFL should also read this to influence any broadcasters to agree to allow airtime for Deaf translators when they auction the license for a network to broadcast their future Superbowl. The evening on February 13 was an exciting time and day for the Americans because they were the host of the NFL’s Superbowl LVI (56) game for the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals. While it was indeed an exciting time for America and the world, it was utterly disappointing to a group that has over 430 million population worldwide – the Deaf community. It was utterly disappointing because NBC, NBC Sports, and Peacock under Comcast (parent company) did not take the opportunity to be inclusive by making sure that American Sign Language interpreters for National Anthem with Sandra Mae Frank and halftime with Warren “WaWa” Snipe and Sean Forbes to share the airtime with other singers. Every Superbowl would only air a very brief, a few seconds of a person translating the National Anthem in American Sign Language, and I think that is not fair. How about disabling the entire audio during a singer(s) singing the National Anthem and…
Month: February 2022
I brought the movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on the day it was released digitally, but I never got the chance to watch the film, so it has been on my movies list for a couple of years, waiting for me to watch. There are many opportunities to watch the film, but I often skip it because I wanted to find the great timing to watch Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. After all, it is the end of the Skywalker saga Star Wars franchise. I purchased a good number of movies; I skipped Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and watched some of the others because, again, I wanted to find the good timing to watch it – mainly because I wanted to savor it a bit. Now that I have watched Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie, the ninth (9th) installment of the Star Wars franchise and the last one for the Skywalker saga. So, I will review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker here. What do I think of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie? Not best. Not by a far shot. They should do a lot better, especially knowing that this installment is the last one for the saga Skywalker or the last era of what we know as Star Wars since…