[nfb-talk] Jimmy Kimmel Video--Blind Ref

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

I would call it a mixed message, which is what we get a lot of the time, 
anyway.  I hope, and this probably won't be the case in my lifetime, that a 
time will come when a spoof like this will really be acceptable because we 
are truly accepted and valued as normal humans.  It would make a good 
discussion topic at our orientation centers and others, but the tenor of the 
discussion would be greatly influenced by how it was described.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sherri
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:12 AM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Jimmy Kimmel Video--Blind Ref

I really appreciate the information. Then if it's a spoof on refs, I don't
see what all the fuss is about.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Miller" <brianrmiller88 at gmail.com>
To: <blinddog3 at charter.net>; "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Jimmy Kimmel Video--Blind Ref


This piece is intended as a farce; it's making fun of all those
uber-inspirational  movies.  It's meant to be more absurd than anything
else.

Apparently all his calls are spot on, which I suppose is meant to be even
funnier.

The end of the piece is interesting in that someone shouts at him asking if
he's blind, and he turns around and takes off his glasses in a super smooth
way and says "As a matter of fact, I am."  His eyes are clear and bright,
not discolored in some fake blind way.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Steven Johnson
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:11 PM
> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Jimmy Kimmel Video--Blind Ref
>
> Actually, the intent was similar to the NFL fill-in refs
> where they were essentially making horrible calls at a recent
> NBA playoff game.  Lot's of people jumped on board, and
> dressed as blind refs for Halloween.  Sometimes, I think that
> the blind community might be a little super-sensative
> regarding non-malicious attempts to make people laugh as
> here, the target was not the blind, but the refs.  For the
> NFB to respond would really make the NFB appear to be just
> exactly what I eluded to...super-sensative.  I am not
> condoning it, but when you are dealing with comedians,
> anyone, any culture is and can be the intended, or in this
> case, the untended perceived target.
>
>
>
> Just my opinion, Steve
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Ray Foret jr
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:01 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Jimmy Kimmel Video--Blind Ref
>
> Even without being able to see the video, I can guess that it
> is most likely supposed to bill itself as a heart warming
> story but is anything but.  Past rediculous.
>
>
> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility
> for the blind built-in!
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>
> On Jun 17, 2013, at 8:42 AM, "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone seen the Jimmy Kimmel Video about the blind
> basketball ref?
> > It's supposed to be a spoof movie trailer for Will Smith. I
> don't know
> > all the things in it, but I did listen to it and it could
> be seen as
> > quite degrading to blind people. Has NFB launched any kind of a
> > protest about this. Here's the link.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2knpkdjMAsE
> > Sherri Brun
> > flmom2006 at gmail.com
> > Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world.
> > Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when
> you think
> > no one is paying attention.
> > NFBF NewslineR chair
> > www.nfbnewsline.org
> > E-mail:  newsline at nfbflorida.org
> > http://nfbfgoc.org