How hard was growing up deaf? In this sign language short film, four grumpy deaf men try to tell the worst story about their childhood - and there's ten pounds as a prize for the 'winner!'
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How hard was growing up deaf? In this sign language short film, four grumpy deaf men try to tell the worst story about their childhood - and there's ten pounds as a prize for the 'winner!'
The film was inspired by the classic 'Four Yorkshiremen' sketch made famous by Monty Python, but with a new script for a deaf cast, and became a You Tube hit, making the actors famous across the world.
Four Deaf Yorkshiremen was written and directed by the award winning writer of 'Coming Out, Charlie Swinbourne, and the film was made possible with the help of Remark! Production. It stars deaf comedian John Smith, makng his film debut, along with British deaf actors Ilan Dwek, Matthew Kirby and Jonathan Reid.
Clips from the film were shown on BBC2's See Hear programme on 23rd January, 2008. The film was reviewed by the Observer film critic Jason Solomons.
Look out or the sequel, coming to YouTube soon - it was filmed on Sunday 14th September 2008, and should be online by Christmas!
Written and directed by Charlie Swinbourne, made in association with Remark Production -
Starring * John Smith * Ilan Dwek * Matthew Kirby * Jonathan Reid * Camera * Mark Nelson * Make-up * Kellie Moody * Assistant Editor * Fifi Garfield * Runner * David Cassandro * With thanks to The Fox Inn *
Festivals - * Deafest, Wolverhampton Nov 2007 * Nominated for 'Best British Film - World Premiere * X'08 10th London Disability Film Festival 2008 * Shown at the National Film Theatre on London's South Bank * Sixth Annual Maine Deaf Film Festival, 2008 * April 2008 * 9th Dövfilmfestival - 9th Deaf Film festival, Stockholm, Sweden. 28-30th Nov 2008 http://www.dovfilmfestival.nu/
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this sketch has been re-written for the Deaf audience from four yorkshire men, I am learning to become an intepreter and doing a uni project on translating/interpreting humour to and from BSL, this sketch will not be as humourous to hearing people as for the subject they all try to outdo eachother by who's had the worse upbringing and as we the hearing audience use other minority's as the underdog. hearing oke about those who oppress them. I see exactly why it is appealing .both are funny!
I know this is a "take off" on Monty Python and I'm not going to comment on that, other than it doesn't seem all that funny. HOWEVER...I am utterly fascinated by their signing. Lovely, , graceful, eloquent - even if one doesn't know what they are saying, one understands that this is 4 men arguing (gently) about something! Really very poetic & it gives one more understanding into the world of the deaf; that we, the hearing, are cut off from them, just as much as they are from us; to our loss!
this was interesting. i've never seen a skit in what i'm asuming is BSL (i live in america, so i'm used to ASL) very cool. predictable, but cool none the less.
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I'm from germany. Thats a good deaf joke!!!
my parents are deaf so i no what ur talking about
tis funny!
the idea is funny though