sign?
But he could dance, apparently. Moving in Not sign, but still rhythmical manner.
Seems like the non-sign-language inspired anger and some long time recriminations/frustrations by deaf communities.
Here’s a side by side example of how the signing should have been compared to how it was..
I think its also interesting that most people, including me, seem ignorant about sign language.. Ignorant in the sense that I would have thought the guy was using the correct signs, and wouldn’t have questioned it. (ie, thinking I knew something while being clueless..)
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The guy says he has schizophrenia:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/12/mandela-memorial-interpreter-schizophrenia-sign-language
He links schizophrenia with fairness and a generalism of life is unfair.. I wonder if such analogies, rhythmically speaking, are sort of syncopation or more like a chord..?
Zizek goes on re our ignorance of sign-lingo while celebrating the provision to a minority just because it feels good – http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/16/fake-mandela-memorial-interpreter-schizophrenia-signing
However, perhaps we should just have a more variety of translations? eg into gay, fish, cat, computer code, etc..?
In fact wouldn’t a trans-able element be stuff that is not living in a singular language? eg that of imagination searching from multiple lingos?
Seems like he is now facing murder charges from acts 10 years ago..
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2013-12-16-Mandela-Interpreter/id-8f0771a728f04a749f9c1c7135955584
I wonder though, perhaps bringing up these charges now, which seem to have been dropped at the time, is a sort of revenge act? A purge act? Does timing have anything to do with this?