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Deaf Major 
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TITLE |
In
the Company of Men (1997) |
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ALT__TITLE |
En compagnie
des hommes |
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NOTES |
You've been
dumped by a partner, you've been fed up with |
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your job but
have you ever gone and taken your feelings out |
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Did you
choose a vulnerable person, one with a disability then plan
cold-bloodedly to romance that person, and then dump them. And
did you do it with a buddy so that there are two of you who are
mad? |
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Two men
choose an attractive woman, Christine, who is deaf |
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and speaking
impaired (she does speak). They both date her |
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and treat
her lavishly. Christine, in turn, falls in love with, |
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Chad, the
handsome one but also likes the other, Howard. |
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Chad dumps
her as he intended but Howard reveals to her |
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The men's
excuse is that they are both undervalued and used |
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by their
employers The leader of the two says they should |
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"restore a
little dignity to our lives." When he first see the new |
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deaf
employee he makes fun of her way of speaking (There |
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is also a
scene in which he humiliates a black employee.) |
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When he and
the woman have dinner together she lipreads |
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but when she
goes to use a pad to respond he insists that |
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Overall the
dialogue isn't delivered naturally and the actors are laboured
with a lot of exposition. |
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The actor
Stacy Edwards is hearing. |
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Notes
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