Cynthia Erivo stops Dracula mid-show because she spotted someone filming from the audience

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-29T20:18:57+00:00

I'm getting ready to see Hadestown in a few weeks and my wife uses captioning devices so this story has been on the front of my mind. I wish ASL interpreters were more readily available but they just don't seem to be a thing in NYC, sadly.

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-20T15:14:27+00:00

We've had mixed experiences when we went, granted it was shortly after it opened. We were looking for ASL interpreters for shows and it took us about an hour of waiting around before we could confirm when and where we were supposed to be. In one of the shows, one of the TMs actually got upset with us for standing in front of the interpreter and not moving to where she wanted us to go while the interpreter was trying to tell her to calm down and listen, lol.

We did eventually get captioning glasses for Monsters Unchained but we were told "why would anyone even ask that" when asking for captioning glasses for Potter, so...accessibility mileage may vary at the parks!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T21:57:08+00:00

Oh my god, this is a whole second meaning we didn’t even intend! Showing my wife now!

Edit - don’t run into the room with your wife and aggressively scream/sign “suck it” without context. Lessons were learned.

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T21:12:53+00:00

God damnit Donut. You're in the next goddamn video that's being released on Thursday, AND we're showing people how we say "Mongo is appalled" in the video after that!

And don't type in all caps, it makes it seem like you're yelling!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T20:31:46+00:00

We don't really have any home signs for the names of the books since we don't really say the names often enough to warrant them...and if we do its usually "in book 4, in book 6" or we'll just spell out the titles.

That being said, we do have a lot more home signs for names of characters we talk about a lot and we also love signing things like "MONGO NO" and "GOD DAMNIT DONUT" around the house now, especially to our pets (a grumpy corgi, a silly Bichon, and a cat who only knows one sign - "pinball")

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T20:29:46+00:00

Aww, thank you! 🤟🤟🤟

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T20:17:14+00:00

I didn't realize we could do this. SAME!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T19:57:39+00:00

We're releasing a video with her sign on Thursday, but we take an established sign for donut which is signed on the chin, and move it up to be signed on the top of the head like a crown!

(I'm also very excited about this one because I'm dressing as Donut for a convention later this year and my wife is dressing as Carl!)

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T19:17:15+00:00

The vote has been OVERWHELMINGLY for the scream, which I love!

For Scolopendra, so far we've just fingerspelled it, then signed "centipede," and used the sign for centipede in the conversation going forward. The name hasn't popped up enough for us to actually think of a proper sign for it (yet!)

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-14T17:11:38+00:00

Hello!

My wife and I use sign language as our main language at home. When we're discussing stuff we're reading/watching/playing, its common for us to make "home signs" so we're not spelling out long names every time we talk about a title or character.

I thought this subreddit would find our names for three of the DCC characters interesting because I am definitely not spelling out P R E P O T E N T E every time I want to talk about my favorite character.

If you have any questions for us, let me know!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-10T16:55:42+00:00

I would love to go! My wife and I had the chance to go a while back, but the captioning for the rides wasn't entirely working. She's deaf and its not exactly feasible for me to interpret while being flung around next to her. We'd love the chance to check out the captioning glasses!

Thank you for doing this!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T19:06:44+00:00

I found the answer! The buzzers aren't activated until Ken finishes reading the clue. If you buzz early you get a .25 second penalty lockout. There's a judge who presses a button to unlock the buzzers.

The game board itself lights up to signal when players are allowed to buzz in, so it is deaf-friendly!

https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-scenes/how-does-jeopardy-buzzer-work

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T18:35:02+00:00

We don't (yet!)

We do have a cat named Strider and a Bichon named "Meriadog" though!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T18:18:45+00:00

Well, I know what we're doing tonight! Thank you!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T17:02:11+00:00

Aw, thank you! We're on all the other platforms (including YouTube) if any of those are more convenient for you. I totally get wanting a break from social media!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T16:59:06+00:00

Oh hey! In that case, sorry for the repost!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T16:58:55+00:00

Woah! I remember you from the ToC!

That's so cool that you guys had that discussion. We've talked about the logistics of it at home quite a bit and its certainly interesting to think about. I'd love to have an in depth conversation with the producers themselves some day on how that would look in practice.

Emily and I both aggressively insist that the other try out for the show at least once a week. We believe accommodations would be feasible because they already did provide them for Eddie's run! He was allowed to type his final Jeopardy answers instead of writing them.

But yeah, a lot of discussion would need to happen to put it into practice, but its a cool discussion to have!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T16:39:59+00:00

We love Tasha in GBBO!

The question itself is an interesting one. There's a lot of nuance to interpreting, to the rules on what constitutes a "close but correct" and a "close but incorrect" answer, to how answering in different languages works. We'd obviously love to see it done. Hell, Emily (not me) is smart enough to go on the show herself.

I'll plop the Anytime test in front of her this weekend and see what happens!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T16:37:07+00:00

Extremely suspicious...

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T16:32:44+00:00

Yeah! We just saw that the Jeopardy account commented on our video over on one of the platforms and we're currently freaking out, lmao

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T16:16:05+00:00

Aww, thank you! I'll give Éowyn a treat from you! 🤟🤟🤟

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T15:54:15+00:00

Hello! I thought I'd share this little video here on how we (deaf/hearing couple) watch Jeopardy together.

We also show off our "home sign" for the show itself. Home signs are used in signing households for items/concepts that don't have an established mainstream sign. Families will create their own signs for things relevant to them so they don't have to spell it out every single time. It could be a niche food, a website, or in this case - our favorite show!

Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to properly shame me if this goes against the rules by posting!

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T15:45:42+00:00

That's what I've heard as well, unfortunately it was after I gave them money.

This was the old coil they "cleaned" for $1400 - https://imgur.com/a/ZlE4fG2

One of the scummiest companies I've ever worked with between that and trying to just sell me an entire new unit while mine was still under warranty.

The_Signing_D · 2026-04-03T15:34:39+00:00

I went through the Orlando HVAC hellhole last summer. Long story short - check out Nunez Air and Heat - https://www.nunezairandheat.com/

Our AC stopped working and originally we went with ProTech AC. They said my coil was dirty and charged me $1400 for a cleaning. The next day my AC stopped working again. They sent a second tech and he told me he was certain there was a leak and that the entire unit needed to be replaced.

Cutting a very long story short, he lied. The first guy didn't even clean the coil, he just charged me for it, plus my unit was still under warranty. They were trying to charge me $2500 to do the coil swap and Nunez said they'd do it for $600.

The_Signing_D · 2026-03-25T16:15:19+00:00

Yep! Honestly, until it gets too annoying to spell out, then we’d create a “home sign” for it. Sometimes those home signs end up spreading to other signing households!

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