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...meantime, the opposition cannot be overlooked or intimidated. In the movie rental case of Daytona, Barry Frelich--founder of FOFA and a victim of the state attorney's wrath--and other owners agreed to implement their own system of patrols on pornographic material. Among the terms they were willing to agree to were the elimination of videos showing child pornography and a system of checking identification to ensure that minors do not get access to inappropriate materials...
...Frelich has none of the anger and bitterness of Sarah, the character she plays, but she does share Sarah's pride and her belief that the world of silence is as rich and worthwhile as the world of sound. Frelich also has Sarah's dependence on her hearing husband, who translates conversation to her through sign language. Medoff learned about a few of the smaller adjustments in such a unique partner ship. Steinberg, for instance, initially was uneasy listening to music that his wife could not enjoy; his guilt is transferred to Sarah's stage husband, James...
Having grown up in a world of silence, Frelich actually feels no envy for those who can hear. Her parents were deaf, and genetics made her and her eight brothers and sisters deaf as well. None of them found not being able to hear a great handicap, and she has little patience for do-gooders. "Most people I would meet were extremely patronizing," she says, signing rapidly to her husband, who puts her words into speech for TIME'S Elaine Dutka. "'Look at this wonderful deaf person,' they'd think, and want...
...play underwent some major revisions. In Los Angeles, Sarah was so proud and isolated that it seemed unlikely that anyone like James would ever love her. In New York she is still proud, but Frelich allows her own radiance to shine through, making Sarah infinitely more attractive. The producers were nervous about how audiences would react to a play in which one of the two leading characters never speaks a word, but their fears obviously were groundless. Children is doing so well that a road company is al ready being planned to set out across the country in November...
Many people still find it difficult to believe that anyone who acts as well as Frelich is really deaf, and backstage visitors are often surprised and stunned to discover that she cannot hear them. "The play will undoubtedly help bridge the gap in the understanding of hearing people," she says, "but there is still a long way to go." And where will Frelich herself go? "Jobs for deaf actresses aren't plentiful," she admits, "but who knows what can happen in the future? I have a lot more dreams...