Deaf U, the Netflix docuseries that is streaming now, is a no holds barred look at some of the students who go to Gallaudet University, a private college in DC for people with hearing impairments. They are just like college students all over the world, except they are Deaf or hard of hearing.
Just like any college, there are clicks. At Gallaudet, there are the elitists. They are people whose parents were deaf and sent their children to Deaf schools. When they sign, they just use their hands and not their mouths. They think they are better than those who went to schools with people who can hear. If you were not taught ASL from day one, then you are not as good as them.
They also do not believe in hearing aids. Using one is a shameful thing. Dalton Taylor flushed his down the toilet after some of the kids made fun of him for wearing one. They also look down on people who have some hearing. Just because there are clicks, they still hang out and date the non-elites.
No matter what class of student they are, the gossip spreads like wildfire. One of the students says all they do is talk crap about each other. They are worse than people who can hear.
For example, Daequan Taylor and Alexa Paulay-Simmons used to date, but they broke after she aborted their baby. She has moved on and is dating someone new. Although, she still has feelings for her old lover. He wants to know how much.
Cheyenna Clearbrook is an online influencer, but she is not part of the elite. Her friend tells her that the Deaf community is small. They will destroy her unless she does what they want and stops catering to people who can hear. She doesn’t care, but it does bother her that they won’t accept her.
Renate Rose has dated men, but she also likes girls. She has a girlfriend, and her lover is going to help her through some tough times. The method is something I am going to try out.
The show also follows them as they drink, party, date, and struggle to find out who they are and who they want to be. This is what most normal college students do.
Each episode moves so quickly. You will be amazed that you binged to the first season in one sitting. Then when they drive off into the sunset, you are left wanting more.
The biggest takeaway from Deaf U is this series normalizes Deaf and hard of hearing people. Something that has been a long time coming. I am glad that the time has finally come.
Thank you to Executive Producer Nyle DiMarco, who won Dancing with the Stars, for bringing awareness to the Deaf and hard of hearing community with this show. Also, thanks to Netflix for streaming it. I am happy that they are using their service for spreading awareness.
Even though Netflix picked up GLOW for a fourth and final season, today they announced that is no longer the case. Production on the final season was halted in March due to COVID-19, and the streaming made the difficult decision that it will not resume.
Series creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch told Deadline. “Netflix has decided not to finish filming the final season of GLOW. We were handed the creative freedom to make a complicated comedy about women and tell their stories. And wrestle. And now that’s gone. There’s a lot of sh*tty things happening in the world that are much bigger than this right now. But it still sucks that we don’t get to see these 15 women in a frame together again.”
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it would have been hard to film due to the wrestling scenes because the actors would need to be in close contact with each other. Something that is very hard to do with SAG’s regulations. Plus, it has a large cast, and that would have been expensive.
As sad as I am that it will not get a proper sendoff. I didn’t like the third season nor the ending. Thus, this might be a good thing.
For the last two years, fans, like me, have been telling you how freaking amazing Cobra Kai is. Yet, you didn’t listen to us until the first two seasons started to stream on Netflix. Now, you are in the same boat as us, and you cannot wait to see what happens next.
Today, Netflix gave us so many answers. The third season will begin streaming on January 8th. Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) is alive because Cobra Kai never dies. Robbie (Tanner Buchanan) has been arrested, presumably because of what he did to Miguel. The best part to come out of this teaser is that we are getting a season four.
It is going to be a long three months and six days after watching that promo. We got some important questions answered, but I have a feeling that is just the tip (as in the first few minutes) of the season. We should expect so much more.
I actually feel bad for the series’ creators, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald. Why? Because they have to find a way to top the epic, school clearing fight scene at the end of season two. I am a chick who hates dick flick things like that, but man, I don’t even think I blinked from the first punch until the last one.
If you have not seen Cobra Kai, what are you waiting for? How many more people have to tell you to watch it? It is available on Netflix, and there is nothing else we can do thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Kominsky Method is coming back for a third season. However, Alan Arkin won’t be joining Michael Douglas for the final season.
According to Deadline, the 86-year-old Oscar-winner only planned on doing two seasons. His departure will be written into the show.
Arkin is the second lead actor to depart a Chuck Lorre before the new season. Anna Faris is leaving Mom to “pursue new opputunities.” This is a rarity for Lorre who never sees stars leave his shows unless their names are Charlie Sheen or Agnus T. Jones.
Back in 1991, we fell in love with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton as a happily married couple, whose daughter (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) is getting married, in Father of the Bride. Then four years later, the father of the bride was becoming a father again and a grandfather for the first time at the same time. Now, 25 years later the Banks are reuniting for Father of the Bride 3(ish).
We don’t know what is bringing them together (I say double wedding for the babies from the first sequel), but Netflix says it is for a special event. That special event might have something to do with the World Central Kitchen. That is because the reunion, that is written and directed by Nancy Meyers, is benefitting the nonprofit.
The sequel that also stars Kieran Culkin, George Newbern, Martin Short, and few special guests will debut tomorrow at 6 pm EST on Netflix and YouTube.
