Oscars 2021: Twitter Furious After Academy Cuts Away From Deaf Presenter Marlee Matlin

Oscars 2021: Marlee Matlin on the red carpet. (Image courtesy: AFP)HighlightsMarlee Matlin was one of the presenters She was communicating through sign language Marlee Matlin had an interpreter on the sideNew Delhi: It’s not the Oscars unless Twitter is annoyed by something, right? The 93rd Academy Awards ticked all the right boxes on diversity until it came to hearing-impaired actress Marlee Matlin who was one of the presenters this year. Ms Matlin, the only hearing-impaired performer to have won an acting Academy Award – for 1986 film Children Of A Lesser God – signed her speech with an interpreter onstage. The Oscar telecast, however, cut away from her mid-speech, earning the wrath of social media which has shredded the Academy for being “rude.” Marlee Matlin, now 55, won the Oscar for Best Actress at the age of 21, the youngest ever winner in the category.Marlee Matlin’s presence at the Oscars this year was particularly special because one of the films on the slate of nominees was Sound Of Metal, the story of a drummer losing his hearing. The two stars of the film, Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci, were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.The poignancy of this…
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