The newest adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” on CBS has been met with a wave of criticism for having the audacity of not casting a real deaf person to play a deaf character.
In a letter that has since been gaining steam online, certain segments of the deaf community complain that the casting of actor Henry Zaga in the role of Nick Andros, a deaf survivor in the apocalyptic tale, does severe harm to the advancement of deaf people in the industry.
.png)
.png)
