Closed Caption Movie Reaction Peper

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American Sign Language November 21, 2011 Reflection Paper on Closed Captioned Movie The Deaf community hosts a wide range of fun and interesting activities for entertainment that seamlessly blend in with mainstream entertainment. My personal experience with this came when I chose to see a movie in closed caption for the first time in theaters. Much to my surprise I ran into quite a few speed bumps when simply locating a theater offering closed captioning in my area. After being narrowed down to only one theater I found myself yet again shocked when I attempted to see what options I had for feature films. I was actually quite disappointed with the poor selection that the movie theater offered the hearing impaired because not only was there only one theater choice but also only one film to view. I also was not privet to the knowledge that the movie changes each week which means that if there is a movie that you are waiting to see you’ll be looking online each week to find out if you can catch it in time. This week’s selection, according to the website, was Jack and Jill, so I thought I was able to take my daughter because of the PG rating. However I had decided to call the movie theater because I had lost track of time and needed to recall the time of the film when I was surprised to find out that the movie changes every Thursday and unfortunately the new movie had been rated R. This turn of events essentially ruined our family night out and I was forced to find a babysitter for my daughter while my significant other and I went to see the unplanned film Tower Heist. Do to the unexpectedly long and arduous drive to the theater we arrived a little later than expected and even though it was only a 7:40 pm showing, it was the last of the evening so there was not a chance to see a later movie. I entered the theater expecting the captions to scroll
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