[Ohio-talk] Growing Up Fisher: New NBC show featuring blind character

[Marianne Denning]

Apparently, this is based on an individual and his son is actively
involved on the set.  It is presented from the son's point of view.
Those of us who have been blind all of our lives don't understand how
or why people would try to hide their blindness but I know it happens.
 I worked many years as a rehabilitation teacher and saw it many
times.  I think there is a lot of truth in it.  Also, remember, the
show has to entertain so some of the situations may be for
entertainment.

I believe it is on tomorrow night after the Olympic closing ceremony.

On 2/21/14, Sheri <salbers1 at cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> I saw the commercial but could not find out when it starts. Do you know? I
> will be curious to see how it plays out. Just to tell on myself, when I
> worked at SEIKO, I did everythink I could to hide the fact that I was
> blind.
> My RP stage had me still in denial and stuck between the sighted world and
> the blind world. I am sure NBC has no clue of any of this emotion when they
> conceived this show.
> Have a good day everyone!
> Sheri Albers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
> Shelton
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:35 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Growing Up Fisher: New NBC show featuring blind
> character
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I was wondering what your thoughts are on the new show "Growing Up Fisher"
> that is supposed to start airing on NBC stations.  My newsfeed on facebook
> is showing a wide variety of opinions.  Some think it's incredible that NBC
> would portray blindness in such a negative light (the premise of the show
> is
> that the dad, who is a lawyer, goes through all these crazy things to hide
> the fact that he is blind).  The other sore spot is that the blind
> character
> is not even played by a blind actor.  The thought there is that if NBC is
> going to feature blindness in a sit com, why not actually get an actor. and
> there are plenty of them who aspire to get their break but face opposition
> just because they are blind. who can play the role the best because they
> are
> blind?  Meanwhile, others seem to think that it is just wonderful that
> blindness is being featured at all, and maybe there will come a time in the
> sit com where the dad realizes that it isn't worth his effort to hide his
> blindness, and will be okay with it, and all the things we think a blind
> person should be as Federationists.
>
>
>
> I'm probably the most out-of-touch college student I know when it comes to
> pop culture since I don't really watch TV, but seeing this on facebook
> really caught my attention since it considers the portrayal of blindness on
> a very public forum.  Thoughts?
>
>
>
> Kaiti Shelton
>
> University of Dayton---2016
>
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
>
> Ohio Association of Blind Students, President
>
> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
>
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
>
>
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053