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Lauren Ridloff
The Oprah US
|Volume 2. No 3 - 2022
She broke ground as Marvel's first deaf superhero in Eternals, but Hollywood has more work to do. The actor has some ideas.
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On Hollywood's misperceptions about deaf culture...
"When I join a production, oftentimes the mindset is, 'This woman is deaf. Let's give her what she needs and what she wants because it's her issue, it's her challenge.' But I've been deaf all my life, so it's not a challenge. The only time my deafness becomes a challenge is when I'm around people who do not know any better. Their ignorance is a challenge, not my deafness. If they shifted that mindset to 'What do we need to work together?' I believe that would take a lot of the burden off deaf actors, who are constantly thinking, Wait, am I the one who's causing all these issues?"
On the importance of telling your own story...
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