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The people who play Deaf characters in CODA are indeed Deaf. Marlee Matlin, who played the mom in CODA, Jackie Rossi, recorded an opinion piece that was released just a day or two before the Academy Awards, in which she says deafness is not a costume that anyone can put on and take off.
Matlin lost almost all of her hearing when she was 18 months old. She made her stage debut in a 1974 production of The Wizard of Oz staged by the Children's Theatre of the Deaf and sponsored by the Center on Deafness, then in Des Plaines, Illinois, and she continued to act with that theatre for the next several years.
But CODA was Jones' first time singing on the big screen. “I'm always kind of singing around the house and things, but I'd never done anything at the same level that was required for CODA. I'd never sung songs like that before,” Jones said.
CODA, the 2021 film directed by Sian Heder, tells the story of Ruby Rossi, the only hearing person in her otherwise Deaf family. Ruby is a CODA, a child of a Deaf adult. CODAs grow up with Deaf culture, community, and using sign language as their primary method of communication.
But in interviews and on social media, some deaf people and children of deaf adults, known as CODAs, say they feel torn: While they hope this moment will lead to better recognition and open doors for more representation throughout Hollywood, they argue that the film views deaf people from a hearing perspective in its ...
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