Sound and Fury represented two major Discourses: hearing folk and non-hearing folk. The movie showed these Discourses in opposition with eachother. They were shown in very different light.
The movie didn't seem to favour one over the other. It did a very good job of remaining impartial, except for one thing: it was made for hearing people. Because of this, it was put together in a way that benefitted hearing people more. An example of this is that the non-hearing people were recorded over and given the voices of hearing people. I know that this was partially meant to make them easier to understand. Most hearing people don't know sign language. Still, giving them the voices of hearing people, in my opinion, somewhat took away their own voices.
The main conflict in the movie was cochlear implants for children. As a rule, the main hearing people were heavily in favour of the implants while the main non-hearing people were, to varying degrees, against them.
Hearing people argued that children would function better in society if they were given the chance to hear. They felt that it was abusive to not give a non-hearing child the cochlear implant. They believed that the implant would save the child from the lonely and frustrating childhood they observed other non-hearing children have.
Non-hearing people disagreed. They believed that the child could function just as well without it. They felt that giving the child a cochlear implant would be tearing the child away from deaf culture. They also saw that it wasn't a perfect solution. Many children who got cochlear implants never fully developed speech and hearing.
The two Discourses viewed cochlear implants in entirely different light. Hearing people saw impants as a solution for the problem of a child not being able to hear. Non-hearing people saw implants as an insult to their culture.
Nice job! I never realized how the movie was made to benefit hearing people. I think that is an incredibly true observation. I also agree with you on how it didn't really favor one side of the argument, and I think that is good!
ReplyDeleteThis movie opened my eyes to how deaf was considered a "culture". I figured any parent would want to give their child the opportunity to communicate verbally and hear the world. You brought up a good point that there are two Discourses and of course they're going to have opposing views.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you said that giving the deaf people the voices of hearing people takes away part of their identity; it's so true!! Regardless, I agree that the film did, in general, do a good job of remaining unbiased and of not favoring one Discourse over the other.
ReplyDeleteI am not so sure that this movie is in favor of the hearing. The movie gives a good interpretation of both sides so that the hearing world can understand the side of deft people more. Deft people already know more about this conflict and may not need to see a video about such a controversy as they have more likely lived through it.
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