Marlee Matlin on Closed Caption Fails, Web Video and the Power of a Tweet
Marlee Matlin is tired of waiting for the FCC to provide closed captioning. She's on a campaign to crowdsource subtitles for streaming video so that online entertainment can be enjoyed by all.
When Netflix streamed The Wizard of Oz for its 50th anniversary, Marlee Matlin tuned in to watch with her daughter. As the only deaf performer to win an Academy Award for best actress, Matlin has been one of the foremost advocates of closed captioning and making video entertainment more accessible. Matlin’s acting debut was in a stage version of The Wizard of Oz, yet she couldn’t watch the Netflix stream of the movie. It had no closed captioning.
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