Morning Update: Comcast shows how blind girl envisions ‘The Wizard of Oz’
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Mashable: Comcast Oscars ad shows how a blind girl envisions ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Comcast attempted to counter some of the bad press it has received of late with a 60-second ad during Sunday night’s Academy Awards presentation that envisioned how The Wizard of Oz “looks” to a girl who can’t see.
The ad, for a talking guide that lets the visually impaired surf their TV guides by hearing the names of movies, features a seven-year-old girl named Emily who was born blind. Emily describes how she envisions the characters in the movie. The Tin Man, for instance, has a big toe the size of a house. The Cowardly Lion is like a small poodle. The Scarecrow has wooden teeth and his fingernails are very long.
