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Posted inNews/Politics

The eloquence of the fake signing man

Sarah Britten by Sarah Britten 13 December 20132 January 2014

I won’t lie. A lot of this is bloody funny (read some of the best jokes about it here). The fake sign language interpreter is now a cultural phenomenon, featuring on major US comedy shows and catalysing a new meme. And yet, at the heart of this, is a terrible sadness. I felt tremendous pity […]

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