An only half-unserious proposal for Richard Armitage’s next audiobook
Tree’s comment about how the best cap from the audible.com interview was the one of Armitage’s hands made me think: how cool would it be if Richard Armitage also recorded portions of his next audiobook in a sign language? I guess the most common ones are French and American Sign Language, so those would probably reach the most listeners, but I wouldn’t object to him recording a poem in any sign language. He definitely has the hands for it. I’ve reflected on this question before — Armitage as possible Deaf character. Wouldn’t one poem in sign be an amazing gift to the world?
Richard Armitage unintentionally signs “ask” in American Sign Language. Source: RichardArmitageNet
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A gift for everyone. It would be very special for those who speak sign language and the rest of us can admire his hands. Great idea!
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Does he know sign language?
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Not that we know, and if he did he would be more likely to know British Sign Language, which is only 1/3 cognate with American Sign Language. But I wonder if he couldn’t learn one poem.
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I am very confident he could learn a poem. And how poetic that would be. Sigh.
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A poem in sign language is a great idea, he is already so expressive with his hands. And combined with his facial expressions, that could be very moving.
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what a wonderful idea! i expect it would be quite hard work as he’d have to not just learn the signs but understand about emphasis and so on, just like spoken word 🙂 They always have signed performances at the ROH and it’s amazing how elegantly they capture the flow of the music..
I hope somebody takes his lovely suggestion to him and makes it happen 🙂
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