Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Marlee Matlin on Dancing with the Stars

Marlee Matlin, the actress who won an Oscar for Children of a Lesser God (and later had a really cool role on the TV show West Wing) is going to be a competitor in Dancing with the Stars.

She's deaf.

They might go high-tech, hook her up to some kind of machine that will make her feel the beat in her bones. Or maybe ballroom is all about choreography and counting, and as long as you start off right, you can't go wrong.

I hope not.

Glenlivet says when he leads, he is telling a story. I hope Marlee Matlin's lead not only tells her a story but sings her a song. If that is possible, if he can give her the music and she can be so attuned as to hear it through him, then whatever she dances, it will be tango.

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