Helen Keller

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• "She turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn’t remember the lines."

  
  Daily Cow — Authority: 502
  “She turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn’t remember the lines.” - Joan Rivers (about Bo Derek)
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• Seeing Past the Obstacle Illusions

  
  The Write Soul — Authority: 108
  "Life is full of obstacle illusions." --Grant Frazier This week I took my own advice. I set goals, planned which days to accomplish each goal and then didnt give myself a choice, I Just Did It. After all, if writing was my job, choice wouldnt factor in at all, would it? It was an intriguing experiment which netted ...
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• And if this keeps up, there won’t be any

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 650
  My pet hate: “Crip Drag”. Crip Drag is when a character has a disability, but the actor playing that character doesn’t have whatever disability they are portraying. Recent examples that come to mind are Kevin McHale, who plays Artie on Glee , any wheelchair-using villain you see in Doctor Who , and whoever ...
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• Helen Keller: Directors Cut

  
  NewTeeVee Guide — Authority: 132
  A spoof on DVD directors commentaries, using 1962s "The Miracle Worker." From Collection: NewTeeVee Added By: newteevee Tags: directors commentaries , comedy , dvd , parody , directors cut , helen keller
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• Fark blurb of the week

  
  dustbury.com — Authority: 578
  Members of blind and deaf community upset that one of their own won’t play Helen Keller on Broadway; authorities baffled as to how they found out . (Linked to this .) © 2009 by Charles G. Hill. All rights reserved. See legal notice at dustbury.com/legalese .
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• Group criticizes casting for ‘Miracle Worker’

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 436
  From the New York Times:A group of disability advocates has sharply criticized the casting of Oscar-nominated child star Abigail Breslin (”Little Miss Sunshine”) for the role of Helen Keller in this winter’s Broadway revival  of “The Miracle Worker.” The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts says the role ...
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• Abigail Breslin to play Helen Keller on Broadway

  
  NY Bloger — Authority: 137
  Abigail Breslin, the child star of Little Miss Sunshine, will play Helen Keller in a Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker. Producers of the show said Breslin, 13, was set to bring back the much loved Keller (1880-1968), who won the admiration of millions around the world for her triumph over blindness with the help ...
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• Helen Keller Moments

  
  A Teacher's Education — Authority: 420
  My job is a series of nearly whiplash-inducing ups and downs.  Sadly, of course, the downs – the dumbass kids – make up the higher proportion of this particular roller coaster ride (and, coincidentally, a higher proportion of the fodder for my writing here). Luckily for me, though, the occasional good ones are ...
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• Abigail Breslin Angers Deaf & Blind People

  
  Allie Is Wired! — Authority: 681
  Abigail Breslin is a fledgling actress with an awesome resume, at only 13-years-old. She most recently starred as “Little Rock” in “Zombieland” and was inspiring in a world filled with chaos and uncertainty. Not everybody is thinking that Abigail is the cat’s meow, though. She signed on to do the ...
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• Abigail Breslin’s casting as Helen Keller draws criticism from an advocacy group

  
  GossipFeast — Authority: 162
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• Should Able-Bodied Actors Play Disabled Characters? [Pain And Able]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 819
  An advocacy group is protesting the casting of Abigail Breslin as Helen Keller in a Broadways upcoming revival of The Miracle Worker , arguing that a deaf or blind actress should have gotten the chance to play the part. The Miracle Worker s producer, David Richenthal, countered that he needed to cast a ...
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• ABIGAIL BRESLIN LANDS BROADWAY GIG

  
  GOSSIP, CELEBRITY NEWS — Authority: 160
  ABIGAIL BRESLIN LANDS BROADWAY GIG is a post from: GOSSIP, CELEBRITY NEWS Continuing to essay newborn things, Abigail Breslin is making her artefact into the street world. See example here: Abigail Breslin Lands street Gig
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• Abigail Breslin to Play Helen Keller on Broadway

  
  Inside Movies — Authority: 150
  Little Miss Sunshine herself is headed for the Great White Way. Abigail Breslin has officially been tapped to play Helen Keller in the Broadway revival of William Gibsons The Miracle Worker. ... Read more Filed under: Movie News Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments
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• Casting Helen Keller: Readers Repond

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 795
  Readers respond to the casting choice of a seeing, hearing actress to play Helen Keller on Broadway.
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• Advocacy Group Opposes Miracle Worker Casting Choice

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 795
  Should producers have chosen a deaf or blind child actress to play Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker"?
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• Abigail Breslin Goes Broadway!

  
  Hollywire.com — Authority: 637
  Look out Broadway!  Abigail Breslin may be little, but she has an enormous amount of personality and talent to go around.At the age of 13, Abigail has taken on impressive and challenging movie roles, possibly yet to come to Broadway is her most inspiring work seen through the eyes of Helen Keller.Breslin will be ...
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• THE EYES OF THE HEART

  
  INRETROSPECT A JOURNEY — Authority: 121
  Most of the beautiful things in my life came via my heart. I feel so lucky and thank God to be so blessed to have seen them through the eyes of my heart. Such a beautiful experience of which such delight and pleasure is unparalleled by anything man can conceive. But funny that some of them were the ordinary ...
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• Education Team Travels to Uganda

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 445
  A team of eight educators and students from Texas Tech University’s Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Impairment will make a nearly two-week trek to the African country of Uganda, Oct. 20-31.
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• Helen Keller quotes: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing

  
  Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote — Authority: 128
  Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. – Helen Keller Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. - Helen Keller Helen Keller (1880-1968) overcame being both deaf and blind to become a famous author, lecturer, and activist. On October 23rd, ...
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• How I became a socialist - Helen Keller

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  Politicians gathered at the U.S. Capitol October 8 to unveil a bronze statue of Helen Keller. But while they honored Kellers work organizing on behalf of people with disabilities, they ignored the radical politics that was at the heart of Kellers activism. Keller was a fierce opponent of war, a socialist and a member ...
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