[NAGDU] Anyone plaaning on watching this on Hallmark next week?

[Margo Downey]

I agree with what heather said. Hallmark, in my opinion, is doing the sensationalizing/inspirationalizing trick and I find that unacceptable. I wonder if Hallmark consulted with guide dog programs and blind guide dog handlers.

Margo

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From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Heather Bird via NAGDU
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2023 6:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Anyone plaaning on watching this on Hallmark next week?

Oh good lord, that sounds absolutely nauseating. I really wish sighted people would stop trying to create plots and storylines involving blind characters, and instead let writers who are actually blind create the stories. Or at the very least, they could do some research. Please don’t take this as any judgment of you, or of your desire to share this with us. It is simply my reaction to the truly nauseating sounding movie indicated in this post. Also, not that it would do any good, but I would love to see The Seeing Eye file a lawsuit against hallmark for Miss using the term seeing-eye dog. That would be a great Christmas gift. It would make me smile and do a happy dance. There are a few movies and books that talk. About Guide Dogs, in a way that is at least somewhat accurate, and respectful, but they are few and far between. And if anyone thinks, I’m being too critical, please consider this, how upsetting it is when white people write stories about Black people and their culture, or straight people, write plots for LGBTQ characters, and so on and so forward. I will say one additional thing, I’m not sure how they get away with this. I mean, there certainly are instances where authors, or screen, writers, make errors, in their research, or fail to do enough research. However, in general, if they make an excessive number of errors, or a few very significant errors, they will be called out by the general public. However, the numerous errors about blind people in Guide Dogs that appear in film, don’t seem to really get enough press.

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> On Oct 28, 2023, at 1:47 PM, Chris NO7E via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> My Christmas Guide
> Premieres: Nov. 2, 8 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
> Cast: Amber Marshall, Ben Mehl
> Contains: A teacher who loses his eyesight, an adorable seeing eye dog, and a dog trainer
> 
> Official description: "After losing his eyesight, a college professor (Mehl) adopts a seeing eye dog from a guide dog trainer (Marshall). As they all begin to spend time together, his confidence returns and his heart begins to open."
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