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Blind Major 
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TITLE |
Eyes
of a Stranger (1981) |
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DISABILITY |
Blind Deaf
Speaking Impaired |
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NOTES |
Jennifer
Jason Leigh plays Tracy who is deaf, blind and |
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doesn't
speak. She lives with her sister. She uses sign and |
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touch to
communicate. Tracy shows some independence, |
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making
coffee, doing the laundry and generally being a skivvy. |
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She is also
seen reading a braille book. |
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Her sister,
a TV newswoman, becomes suspicious of a |
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neighbour
and starts investigating in a rather stupid fashion. |
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She breaks
into his flat and of course he returns while she is |
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Later as we
might expect Tracy becomes the rapist's target. |
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She defends
herself first with a knife, then throws coffee over |
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him and
eventually shoots him with her sister's gun. He |
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revives but
the sister returns and finishes him off. And then if |
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your
suspended disbelief hasn't broken under the weight of |
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unbelievability Tracy turns to her sister and says "Jane". Now
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here's the
clincher. Tracy's disability was caused by an |
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assault when
a child and now wonder of wonders another |
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assault
brings back her speech. Perhaps there will be a |
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sequel when
she regains her sight and hearing. |
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This is a
silly film but Leigh is quite good. |
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Notes
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