Hey, what's going on, everybody. I'm Trevor Noah,
and this is The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Today is March 1,
which means it's the first day
of Women's History Month, people.
So all the ladies in the house,
let me hear you say, "Yeah!"
Oh, I forgot, there's no one in my house.
There's never anyone in my house.
It's been a year, and...
Anyway, on tonight's show,
Andrew Cuomo is in trouble again,
Roy Wood Jr. and Jaboukie Young-White
make money off of Trump's casino,
and the Golden Globes need a Black friend.
So let's do this, people. Welcome to
The Daily Social Distancing Show.
-? ? -ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's couch in New York City
to your couch somewhere in the world, this is
The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah.
Now, usually on a Monday show,
we like to talk about the big story over the weekend.
But this weekend, people, there wasn't one big story.
There were, like, a hundred.
News was popping up faster than coronavirus variants.
In fact, there's so much news right now
that we don't even have enough time today to cover it all.
Fortunately, though, not enough time is just enough time
for a segment we call Ain't Nobody Got Time For That.
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Let's begin with the big entertainment news:
the Golden Globes. It's the Oscars' weird foreign cousin.
And last night's ceremony was less focused on the awards
than who was handing them out.
NEWSWOMAN: The Golden Globes live, from coast to coast.
For the first time in Globes history, taking place
in two time zones with host Amy Poehler in L.A.
and Tina Fey in New York.
It didn't take long for the duo to address
one of the biggest controversies this year--
that being that of the 87 voting members
of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,
which runs the Globes, there are zero Black voters.
I realize, HFPA, maybe you guys didn't get the memo,
because your workplace is the back booth
of a French McDonald's, but you got to change that.
So here's to changing it.
NEWSWOMAN: The organization vowing to do better.
We recognize we have our own work to do.
Just like in film and television,
Black representation is vital.
We must have Black journalists in our organization.
Yeah, no shit.
You know you've got representation problems
when the Proud Boys have more Black members than you.
But, basically, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
was being roasted all night
by the hosts, by the presenters, even by themselves.
I mean, so, the good news is
you know they're gonna fix the problem.
'Cause can you imagine them
coming back next year and being like,
(French accent): "We are still working on finding
"a single Black person. If anybody out there knows
a single Black person, please, uh, give us their number."
(regular accent): But aside from the no Black people controversy,
I'm not gonna lie, I did enjoy
getting to see inside all of these celebrities' homes.
And, hands down, my favorite house was Jeff Daniels'.
'Cause, I don't know if you noticed this,
but there are, like, five doors in that room.
And think about this-- we're only seeing
one and a half walls.
I mean, there could easily be ten to 20 more doors.
You know, some celebrities spend their money
on fancy cars and jewelry.
Jeff Daniels spends his money on doors.
I respect the hell out of that.
And, look, we could spend a lot more time talking about
representation at the Golden Globes or all the amazing
Black actors and filmmakers who won this year,
and how brave it was for Sean Penn
to let a Roomba cut his hair,
but we don't have the time for that.
Because we have to talk about
the political scandal that is rocking the country.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo
increasingly under fire tonight.
A second woman reportedly coming forward,
accusing him of sexual harassment.
NEWSWOMAN: The latest allegations come from
25-year-old Charlotte Bennett,
a former Cuomo executive assistant
and health policy advisor. She tells the New York Times
that the 63-year-old governor asked her questions
about her sex life. Quote, "He asked me if I believed
if age made a difference in relationships," she says,
"and if I had ever been with an older man."
And at one point she says, "The governor said
he's fine with anyone above the age of 22."
NEWSMAN: The Times reports that the 63-year-old governor
said he had been lonely during the pandemic
and pressed her on who she'd last hugged,
saying "He can't even hug anyone,"
before turning to Bennett, asking her "who I last hugged,"
asking, "No, I mean, like, really hugged somebody."
NEWSWOMAN: She interpreted these questions
as clear overtures for a sexual relationship.
NEWSWOMAN 2: The 63-year-old governor
releasing a statement Sunday that said,
"At work sometimes think I am being playful,
"and make jokes that I think are funny,
"I do, on occasion, tease people
in what I think is a good-natured way."
Cuomo adding, "I now understand that my interactions
"may have been insensitive or too personal...
"I acknowledge some of the things I have said
"have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation.
Guys...
of course he was being playful.
I mean, imagine your much older,
politically powerful boss turns to you and says
"When was the last time you were really hugged?"
That's super playful.
Can't you feel your skin crawling with delight?
Here's the thing: even if Cuomo did think
that he was just being playful,
it's still not okay, all right?
This is what bosses never seem to understand.
If you're a boss, you should never
be flirtatious with your employees,
because, as a boss, you're basically a dragon, all right?
Nobody's ever trying to hug a dragon,
they'just re trying to get out of the cave in one piece.
Seriously, Caitlin, maybe some time
we should go out for a coffee.
-(exhales) -Uh...
So, right now, things are looking pretty bad
for Governor Cuomo. He's facing investigations
and even calls to resign.
And you know that it's not good
when you're the person in trouble, and you're like,
"Guys, please, remember all those old people
"in nursing homes I got killed?
Let's talk about that again. Come on, huh?"
And I'll tell you, man, all those people
who praised Cuomo so highly last year-- whew.
Those people really don't look so smart now.
Delete the tapes. Delete the (bleep) tapes. Delete them all.
I mean, it must be so embarrassing.
Can you imagine if you're one of those people?
(laughs)
Just burn them! I don't give a shit. Burn them.
Yeah, and then just cut this part out.
Now, look, there's a lot more to say about what consequences
Cuomo should face or how creepy it is
that he refers to sex as "really hugging."
But we can't get into all of that right now,
because the president of the United States is dropping bombs.
New details tonight about the U.S. airstrikes
in Syria overnight. The first military action
taken by the Biden administration.
President Biden ordered strikes
on an Iranian-backed militia compound
in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.
Nine buildings were destroyed
and Iraqi officials said one militia member was killed.
The strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack
in Iraq earlier this month
that killed a civilian contractor
and wounded a U.S. service member
and other coalition troops.
NEWSMAN: Some Democrats wish
Biden would have asked them for an okay.
Senator Tim Kaine protests...
Yes, barely a month into Joe Biden's presidency,
and he has already dropped his first bombs on Syria.
You know, new American presidents bomb the Middle East
the way new inmates beat the hell out of somebody
on their first day in the prison yard.
And I don't even know why. I really don't get it.
I mean, America doesn't need to look tough.
It's not like Canada saw Biden bombing Syria,
and all of a sudden, they were like,
"Uh, all right, better cancel the invasion, eh?"
And what's crazy is, all the senators can do
after this is just complain.
It's actually ridiculous just how little power Congress has
to actually stop the president from bombing whoever he wants.
Even a drunk guy at a bar has
at least two friends to hold him back.
And I don't think it's too much to ask for the U.S. government
to have more checks and balances than a McSwiggans.
I will say this, though.
What I do find really interesting is that
when it comes to helping people,
you know, like raising the minimum wage
or canceling student debt, Biden says
he respects any tiny Senate rules that block him.
"I can't do it because of the Senate."
But When it comes to dropping bombs on people,
suddenly Biden is like, "Man, (bleep) Congress.
Let's do it and be legends!"
Now look, people, there's a lot to say
about how America can't seem to stop fighting in the Middle East
and about the hypocrisy of bombing Syria
after condemning Trump when he did it.
But we don't have time to talk about that hypocrisy
because there was an even more blatant one just this weekend.
...on the grizzly 2018 murder
of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi,
confirming the U.S. assessment that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS,
personally approved the Saudi operation
to capture or kill Khashoggi,
who was a critic of the Saudi royal family.
NEWSWOMAN: The president has decided
to give Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a pass,
no direct sanctions, basically no punishment.
The White House now arguing
that they must maintain the relationship
with Saudi Arabia, but that they are recalibrating it.
The CNN team at the White House is also being told
that sanctions against MBS were, "too complicated"
and could jeopardize U.S. military interests
in Saudi Arabia.
Well, I certainly hope Saudi Arabia has learned its lesson.
Killing journalists will not be tolerated
for a few months while I'm running for president.
And then after that, it will be tolerated.
I'm sorry for raising my voice.
No, but for real, look, guys, I'm just joking.
This is actually really sweet to see.
You need to find you someone who forgives you
the way America forgives Saudi Arabia.
Because every fight they have ends like a romantic comedy.
You know, just the two of them standing in the rain.
So you're not mad that I killed your journalist?
I am mad, Saudi Arabia!
And I can't wait to spend the rest of my life...
forgiving you.
(kissing sounds)
-Wow. You're really hugging me. -(kissing sounds)
But, hey, I understand where President Biden is coming from.
He needs Saudi Arabia's support,
or they won't let American soldiers stay there.
And America needs those soldiers there
to protect America's others soldiers who are there.
And those soldiers are there to support Saudi Arabia,
whose support America needs to keep troops there,
to protect the troops who are...
Wait. This doesn't sound right.
Oh, let me start over.
Now, on a normal day,
we would spend more time chatting
about America's relationship with Saudi Arabia,
and just how many
"Kill a Journalist for Free" cards they actually have left,
but there's no time for that right now,
because there is one story that everybody's talking about,
and so we need to make time for it-- CPAC,
the Conservative Political Action Conference,
which is an annual gathering for hardcore right wingers.
You know, sort of like the Golden Globes,
but for your aunt's Facebook group.
And it began over the weekend
with the organizers begging the audience
to wear their masks, and they did this
by trying to appeal to their conservative principles.
I know this might sound like a little bit of a downer,
but we also believe in property rights,
and this is a private hotel.
But a private hotel, just like your house,
gets to set its own rules.
Carly, our CPAC director.
So please, everyone, when you're in the ballroom,
when you're seated, you should still be wearing a mask.
So, if everybody can go ahead, work on that.
-(audience yelling) -You-you have the right...
(shouting continues)
So thank you all for putting on your masks.
I wear a mask when I'm in the halls,
and we're gonna comply with their rules.
Boo! Boo!
Let the free market decide
which one of us will survive this pandemic.
Boo!
It is amazing
just how adamantly some conservatives refuse
to ever wear a mask.
The only thing that fights this hard to get itself killed
is when a dog's trying to eat chocolate.
I mean, these people are so terrifying
that the first guy was scared
to even make the announcement himself.
He was like, "Uh, as conservatives,
"we respect the rights of business, which means...
Uh, Carly, I think you wanted to tell them something?"
But eventually, the show got underway,
and all the big, right-wing stars were there.
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem attacked Anthony Fauci.
Representative Matt Gaetz attacked Mr. Potato Head.
And the CEO of Goya Beans said that Donald Trump is still,
"the real, legitimate and actual president of the United States."
Now he can get away with saying that
because what are you gonna do?
Buy generic black beans?
And then, after all of that, it was time for Ted Cruz,
Texas senator and the Wario version of Pee-wee Herman.
And his whole speech really came down to one sentence.
In the immortal words of William Wallace, "Freedom!"
(applause and cheering)
Yeah. A lot of people don't remember this,
but at the end of that scene,
Braveheart rides his horse straight to Cancun.
But it makes sense for Cruz to quote that movie.
I mean, I'm sure lots of people were quoting Mel Gibson at CPAC.
But as usual, nobody showed up to see Ted Cruz,
because the star of the weekend was none other
than Donald "Jobless" Trump.
And for anyone wondering if Trump is still worshipped
by his people, well, this might answer your question.
NEWSMAN: Take a look at this.
This is in the convention center hallways,
and it is a very large statue of Donald Trump made of gold.
You can see there, he's in a suit,
as well as an American flag with shorts.
And it certainly has been getting a lot of attention.
A lot of people posing with the statue.
But I think, if anything, it gives us a better idea
of the kind of crowd that's here at CPAC.
(laughing)
Holy shit, guys, did you see that thing?
Oh, man. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Like, like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it,
it's a golden idol and blasphemous and all of that,
blah, blah, blah, but, guys, why is it wearing flip-flops
and holding a magic wand?
(laughing)
I mean, do you know how hard it is
to make Donald Trump look weirder than he already is?
Like, it doesn't even look like Trump.
It looks like King Midas dry-humped a Bob's Big Boy.
I mean, so yeah, that statue looks dumb,
but still, everyone in CPAC was excited
to take pictures with it.
Especially Eric.
This is the closest we've ever been in a long time, Dad.
(like Donald Trump): Look, I know I'm just a gold statue,
but get the hell away from me, you creepy-looking freak.
Now, as exciting as Gold-Plated Hobbit Trump is,
the statue was no match for the real thing.
And everyone hoping that Trump would come on stage
and play his hits,
well, they were definitely not disappointed.
We have a very sick and corrupt electoral process
that must be fixed immediately.
This election was rigged,
and the Supreme Court and other courts
-(cheering) -didn't want to do anything about it.
They didn't have the courage, the Supreme Court.
You take a look at the votes.
When you have more votes than you have people,
that's a problem, right? Is that a problem?
In Pennsylvania,
they had hundreds of thousands of more votes
than they had people voting.
What's that all about? What's that all about?
CROWD MEMBERS: Cheating! Cheating!
Cheating, they say. Yeah, I'd say so.
-But it's one of those things. -(indistinct shouts)
But who knows...
who knows, I may even decide to beat them for a third time.
-Okay? -(cheering)
(cheering, whistling continue)
I watched CPAC and WandaVision this weekend,
and I'm not sure which characters
are living in a more warped reality.
And look, Trump is always gonna insist that he won.
He's hopeless. I get that.
But for the rest of the conservatives in that room,
someone is gonna need to step up and have the balls
to tell them that their candidate lost
and that they need to grow up and accept that.
And I think, Carly, you were gonna tell them that, right?
Carly?
All right, when we come back,
Roy Wood Jr. and Jaboukie Young-White
look at Donald Trump's explosive casino in New Jersey.
So don't go away.
Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Two weeks ago, the Trump Plaza Casino was imploded,
leaving a large gap on the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
And if there's one team that knows how to capitalize
on a smoking hole left by Donald Trump,
it's Roy Wood Jr. and Jaboukie Young-White,
our very own Property Bothers.
WOOD JR.: Today, we're looking at Trump Plaza,
a grand casino built in 1984,
originally comprised of 614 units on over two acres.
It was the shining future
that Donald Trump promised Atlantic City.
Yeah, that's right, and I would say that worked about as well
as all of Donald Trump's promises.
(air horns blowing, people shouting)
But as we always say here at Property Brothers,
one man's rubble is another man's...
Opportunity to strip that shit for copper.
No.
That's not what we say.
Look, I'm just saying the copper is there, either way.
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If you've got a property, we've got a plan. We're the...
-Property Brothers! -The Property Br... zuhs, zuhs.
Unh.
YOUNG-WHITE: This gorgeous two-acre plot
gives us an opportunity to rival all the beauties
of Atlantic City by building something
this community desperately needs:
another casino.
So, we met with the chair of City Planning Board,
Steve Young.
You're sitting on a gold mine.
For decades now, your community's bedrock
has been casinos.
-That's a great investment. -In the eyes of whom?
Black and Hispanic and people of color,
we have not seen that great promise
and that gold street that you're talking about.
These casinos, they come here and they get a tax break.
And then they mostly leave town.
So how are we supposed to stabilize our community
if the dollars are not circulating and staying here?
Steve, all I'm hearing from you right now is a lot of pessimism.
We've all seen pictures of Atlantic City.
Bright lights, gold, beautiful Boardwalk.
You haven't seen it from a grass-root level.
We have almost 500 abandoned houses
right now as we speak.
But we don't even have a decent community center here.
Okay, Steve, I hear you. So our plan is gonna be
to open a community center, just like you said.
We're gonna have a lounge. We're gonna have nice chairs.
Uh, bright lights, no windows,
YOUNG-WHITE: We got to keep it fun.
Don't want them falling asleep.
So there's gonna be a lot of games,
machines with bright, blinking lights.
There'll be a lever that they could pull for,
you know, physical... component of it.
No, we have enough of all what you just described.
It did not work. Matter of fact,
we don't even a place you can be born here.
They took the maternity ward away,
and now you have to go 20 miles out.
So can you imagine a woman, pregnant,
call the ambulance, have to go 20 miles away
to a hospital that was five minutes away.
We don't even have a cemetery where you can be buried.
Hang on, Steve. So let me get this straight.
If you get pregnant in Atlantic City,
you can't have the baby in Atlantic City.
And if you die in Atlantic City,
you can't even be buried in Atlantic City?
-Yes, that's the facts. -Here's an idea.
How hard could it be to put a maternity ward in the casino?
We got prenatal care and blackjack.
Maternity wards belong in hospitals.
So, Steve, what's your plan, then?
Let's be creative and let's work together
towards solutions to our problems
and build a community.
It could be saved.
I was able to come up with a plan
dealing with education, health, criminal justice,
wealth and poverty.
These are things we can do,
and we made it very clear in our Black agenda.
Your what?
Black agenda.
We have a Black agenda towards the solutions.
Wait, wait, that's what you call it?
Yes.
Steve, it's just people...
The word "Black," sometimes, people get scared of it.
That's why the hit show on TV is Black-ish.
That's how you trick people.
Maybe you could call it the Black-ish agenda.
The melanated initiative.
Have you considered throwing an "of color" in there?
The agenda of color?
"The Black agenda" sounds like what racists say
about us behind our backs.
You know, you keep saying that out loud,
they gonna try and kick you off the planning board.
You got to come up with another name for your agenda, brother.
Well, that's amazing you said that,
'cause they have been trying to kick me off the planning board.
(chuckles) A nonpaid position
because of speaking up about Black agendas.
YOUNG-WHITE: Look, we don't have a way
-to keep Steve on the board. -WOOD: But I think
we may have a way to raise the capital
Steve needs for his Black-ish agenda.
YOUNG-WHITE: It's time for the reveal.
So, Steve, these systemic issues
that are affecting the Black community
that you want to solve, this is gonna be pricey stuff.
So we got to figure out a way to raise capital
to address those issues first before we can do anything else.
We decided the quickest way to get this money, right,
would be to rebuild Trump Plaza
exactly how it was,
then sell tickets
so people can watch it blow up.
Yeah, we could just rebuild it and blow it up again.
-That would bring some money in. -Yeah, we could just do that.
That's a good idea.
None of that can work right here in Atlantic City
or anywhere, I think, on planet Earth.
WOOD: Steve's right. Our plan
is yet another real estate gamble
that doesn't help the Black community of Atlantic City.
YOUNG-WHITE: But it does help the Black community
of the Property Brothas.
(chuckles) So we're building it.
WOOD: Good luck, Atlantic City.
BOTH: We'll see you at the buffet.
Thank you so much for that, guys.
All right, when we come back,
Marlee Matlin will be on the show
to talk about the new film that's making major advances
in representation for the deaf-blind community.
You don't want to miss it.
Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Earlier today, I spoke with Golden Globe
and Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin.
Along with her interpreter and producer, Jack Jason,
we talked about breaking down barriers in Hollywood
and what she calls the first authentic representation
of the deaf-blind community
in the new short film Feeling Through.
(scanner beeps)
This guy's blind and deaf.
You got to tap him and let him know
when he gets to 129th Street.
His name's Artie.
Excuse me, sir.
Could you tap him and let him know
-when he gets to 129th Street? -Sure.
No, not "sure."
He just wants to get home.
Marlee Matlin,
welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
I'm so excited.
I'm so excited to be with you. Well, kind of. Sort of.
We're at a distance, but that's okay.
-You know what I'm talking about. -I am super excited.
I have watched you my entire life.
My mom may be a bigger fan of yours than I am,
but I think we'd fight about it.
I grew up watching you. I grew up admiring you.
Like, in South Africa, your shows were huge,
and it's interesting,
because it feels like, in this journey,
you know, you've sort of come full circle
from being the star,
from being the person who is getting,
um, the deaf community on-screen
and just as a character, really,
you know, where being deaf is just who they are
to now getting into the deaf-blind community
and telling us another story.
Let's begin with yours.
As somebody who won as many awards as you did,
did you think that those awards
would still be your record to hold
30-something years later, or did you think
there would be more deaf or deaf-blind performers,
um, in Hollywood?
Well, first of all,
you really, really made me nervous right now,
okay, by saying all that stuff.
Because you just said you looked up to me
all these years when you grew up in South Africa,
and now, okay, fine, I'm nervous. Thanks a lot.
-Thank you for getting in my head. -(laughs)
Anyway... No, thank you.
No. And now, otherwise-- I-I mean, likewise--
I'm a fan of yours, as well.
-And, uh, we'll work this all out later on. -NOAH: Thank you.
-Thank you. -Uh,
so, you know, I have to say,
when I started, I was 19 years old,
and I had no...
any inkling of how this industry worked.
I had no idea about awards.
And when I got my Oscar, actually...
Uh, I got my Oscar, and I was nominated for my Oscar
at the Betty Ford Center.
-I was getting... It was... It was... -NOAH: Wow.
I was in rehab.
And I got nominated there
in the middle of the month of rehab.
-And, of course, that threw me for a loop. -Wow.
And then after that, all the other awards came.
I got the Golden Globe the day before,
actually, I went to go to Betty Ford.
Um... I...
You know what, it... I think it was great
that I had no expectations,
that I had no idea
-what it all entailed. -Right.
Uh, the Oscar race, the Golden Globe race,
the other...
The Emmy nominations down the road that I got.
I mean, I was so naive,
and I think that kept me grounded.
But getting to your question,
being the fact that I got the Oscar,
I knew
that it was a big deal,
and I knew that I had to do a lot of growing up
-and to tell people about this. -NOAH: Right.
Uh, what... That we had to make noise,
that we had to get people to get work,
that we had to make, uh, connections
in the entertainment business,
that we all had to just put ourselves out there.
-NOAH: Mm-hmm. -And I think the journey has been long,
but yet we still have a lot to do.
And it... There have been ups and downs along the road,
and I think it's all... it's all what we anticipated,
but still, we have work to do.
There are still many actors who get overlooked
because they are deaf or blind,
and, oftentimes, actors who will act deaf
or act blind will be given the roles.
Now, I understand that there's an element of acting involved
and, you know, everyone won't be
the character that they're playing,
but surely there's-there's a special something
that people bring to a role.
As somebody who's played these roles,
what do you think...
what do you think it adds to the role when you step in
as somebody who is deaf or who is blind?
It's simple. It's authenticity.
It's authenticity because we've lived it.
We don't have to necessarily add that
on top of the acting that we're doing. We know what it's like.
We can lend that sense of authenticity.
I don't know what it's like to be someone
who's deaf and blind, obviously,
but a person who is deaf and blind
can bring that to the role.
We bring authenticity to the screen, period.
You can't create a disability.
I mean, it's like putting on a costume.
You can't do that. You can't put on a costume.
We are not costumes, people who are deaf and blind.
You know, that's why I'm trying to create a tidal wave,
uh, to make noise out there
that we need to let the community know
that there are deaf, deaf-blind actors.
There are even writers and-and producers.
I-I mean, we're here. Hello.
And we can do the work.
And if you want to see authenticity on the screen,
just like you want to hire any actor
who feels authentic to the role,
just as you would collaborate with any actor.
And if you're talking about deaf and deaf-blind,
then work with us. We can do it.
Don't underestimate us
in the work that we can do.
It's just time.
It's time to hire more deaf
and deaf-blind actors authentically.
To be seen.
The-the idea of underestimating is one
that-that really resonates with me,
because I feel like you've been underestimated
your entire life.
And time-time and time again,
you-you've proven people wrong.
You've excelled beyond expectations.
And, once again,
you are in the conversation in a very different way.
You know? Here we are with a film,
a short film, that has Oscar buzz called Feeling Through.
And it's a coming-of-age story-- it's really, really beautiful--
about this-this young kid who's homeless in New York City
and he encounters a deaf-blind man
who is just really trying to get home.
And right now, the film has Oscar buzz,
and you can see why it has Oscar buzz.
One of the biggest things that, again, surprised me--
I mean, it seems obvious now--
is that the lead actor had never acted before,
was basically discovered and stepped into it.
But when you watch it, you go, like, "Oh, this is phenomenal."
That's what it's all about. It's awesome.
The deaf-blind guy, Robert, had never acted before.
He was working as a cook in the kitchen
-at the Helen Keller Center... there. -Right.
And he-- They-they had been on a search
for an actor to-to fill the role,
and they saw a number of great people,
deaf-blind actors,
but there was something that was still missing.
And somebody at the center mentioned Robert,
and then it-- he just fit into the part.
That's what happened to me in Children of a Lesser God.
-Right. -Same happened to me.
Um, I-I came from nowhere.
I mean, I was in a little small production in Chicago.
People were like, "Who's that?
Who's-who's that girl in the background?"
Stranger things have happened when it comes to casting.
You know, where are you gonna find the person
that fits the role?
So, mentioning that, you know,
they used an actor who was deaf and blind
to play the role of the deaf-blind character
in the film, in Feeling Through was absolutely perfect.
It just fit like a glove.
You couldn't have had greater authenticity
represented on the screen,
and that's why I'm so proud of the movie.
-Because it's-it's a simple story-- -Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
two people trying to get home, as you said,
and yet they come from life with a different lens
and they have different experiences,
but it doesn't matter.
They're still human beings
and they're meeting at this place
and they connect in the most profound
and unexpected way.
And the story works.
I mean, they-they truly are collaborating.
It's such a simple story that I--
I mean, I-I just feel that it's just a lovely film.
I'm very, very proud to be part of it,
and I'm really proud to be associated with it.
I mean, Oscar buzz is a wonderful place to be in.
You've been there. You've won an Oscar.
Hopefully you're going to be taking home another one.
But I know that you've always been somebody
who wants to push for more.
You're always somebody who wants to encourage
the industry to be better.
You're encouraging fellow actors to be better.
Um, where does-- where does Marlee Matlin go from here?
-I'm never gonna stop. I-I... -(laughs)
I always-- I mean, I love what I do.
I love my deaf community.
I'm very proud of where I come from.
I'm very proud of collaborating with everybody
outside of our community
and-and creating new things.
Well, new things are what you have created,
fantastic new things are what you've created.
And as a fan of yours for literally
my entire viewing life,
I would like to say thank you so much for that.
And congratulations. I wish you all the best for this film.
Thank you so very much. Thank you very, very much.
NOAH: Be sure to check out the short film
at FeelingThrough.com or on YouTube.
All right, we're gonna take a quick break,
but we'll be right back after this.
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