Nyle DiMarco criticises Netflix for scene where character pretends to be deaf in ‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’

I have to say that acting in this film was brilliant for a serious film. It was a mixture of Cyrano de Bergerac and the modern world of Catfishing. The actors took their roles seriously but the comic elements were a bit lost on them – it turned out into great serious acting performance with silly moments.

The fact that pretending to be deaf is of poor taste but the character were doing other things that were of poor taste – that was the point. But it didn’t come out like that.

A better script writer would have helped. Perhaps the point in case is that a deaf person should act the part of a deaf character but perhaps a deaf writer should script the part of the a deaf character too.

John Walker’s comment is valid as we in the UK are somewhat more societal-tolerant and see the potential in such issues than in the US.

It’s interesting that Nyle raised the issue only a few days after Serena Williams’ tantrum in the Open Final exposing deep-seated gender prejudice went viral!

I can see where Nyle is coming from.

He is looking at the ‘status’ of Deaf people in Media & Entertainment…..
Deaf people still have a long way to go in achieving parity in society, well-being and economically, similar to the constant undermining of Black people in Western society.

Nyle’s reaction reflects the general frustration of Deaf people being ‘used’ as fraud / cheating, this hits a raw nerve within those of us dealing with constant disadvantage and bias.