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

[Aleeha Dudley]

On 6/17/2013 10:19 AM, Mark Tardif wrote:
> Hi, Sherri,
>
> I am not sure what to make of this interesting strange video.  It 
> would have been interesting to have a sighted person describe the 
> action on the screen. I can't help but think of Mr. Magoo, but perhaps 
> that is too harsh.  But we'll see.
>
> Mark Tardif
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> Subject: [nfb-talk] Jimmy Kimmel Video--Blind Ref
>
> 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
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Hello,
      I was told by a sighted person that during the silent parts of the 
video, the ref is falling down, running into things, and doing 
stereotypical "blind things."
I personally think this video is horrendous.
Aleeha