[Blindtlk] Thoughts on Daredevil

[Penny Duffy]

I hope you don't mind me answering the question as a sighted parent of a
blind child.

 This is a brand new series. The only attachment to the movie a few years
ago is the same character from the same source material.

It is not that bad.  My daughter  who she is 11 is a fan. Yes the show is
violent but we monitor it.

She likes it as a blind person. She does explain to everyone that he has
super senses and isn't like other blind people. The goo that made him blind
also gave him the super senses. It really isn't possible for him not be a
'normal' blind person.  He also has the senses all the time. so even him
without his mask he is thought of as different..  He does have a white cane
but he doesn't really use the cane because some how he doesn't need it.
These powers are not logical in anyway.

It should note that we haven't gotten the audio descriptions to work yet on
our Apple TV, Even without the audio descriptions my daughter learned that
his powers are special powers and that is very clear to her.

There is a doctor who comments often that he shouldn't be able to do what
he does.

He uses braille and is very independent.  I don't think it is bad but again
I am not a blind person. My daughter seem to accept it.. She is very
sensitive to negative things about blind people in the media.

As last note it has been renewed by Netflix and there will be another
season. It is VERY popular in the sighted community.

The movie (and play) Into the Woods had really bad views of blind people.
Now that is disturbing.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Chris Nusbaum via blindtlk <
blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Fellow Federationists:
>
> As you are likely aware, the blind comic book character Daredevil has
> returned to the pop culture scene, this time as the subject of a TV
> mini-series available to Netflix subscribers. Daredevil has already caused
> some controversy among the blind since its launch on Netflix due to the
> lack of audio description available for the series—a series which,
> ironically, features a blind character as its hero. Netflix has now
> resolved this issue and added audio description to its soundtrack for
> Daredevil.
>
> Since then, the show doesn't seem to be talked about much in our
> community. By contrast it seems to be gaining a couple popularity among the
> sighted public with which I come in contact, many of whose members have
> been curious about my thoughts on the series as a blind person. I am not
> subscribed to Netflix and therefore have not had the chance to watch this
> show for myself. So I would be interested to hear from those who have
> watched it. In what light do you think Daredevil portrays us, and what
> image do you think sighted viewers will get of the blind from this show? If
> you think this is a show which perpetuates misconceptions about the blind,
> how do you think the creators should alter the plot in order to portray a
> more realistic image of a blind person? Though I understand that Daredevil
> is in his superhero state a fictional character with superhuman qualities,
> I also understand that there are many instances throughout the show in
> which he is a "normal" blind person. I hope the blind haven't again been
> disappointed by our portrayal in these scenes. I look forward to reading
> your comments.
>
> Chris Nusbaum
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