I'm thinking of reviewing this solely because I have another month of doing nothing.
Where to start? The title?
Okay.... The title was like that because of something Bailey (main character) said when she was stalking her real mother. I look it up and it talked about some imagery. From what I understand, and imitation of something is not the real thing. Here's a wikipedia article on that....
Backtracking...............
Have you ever felt like not belonging, like you're way different from everyone? That's what Bailey, an epitome of a rich, spoiled, white girl felt like. She looks way different than her family. But, since her mother supposedly has Italian ancestry, her colouring is said to be of no difference when in a completely light coloured hair of her family.
She did what we as normal human beings would never do when we have a typically perfect family, ask for a genetics test.She wasn't unhappy but she was curious. You know what they say about how curiosity kill the cat.. Yup, the cat died. She found out her parents aren't her biological ones.
Moving on to the typical teenage outburst and parents who want their kids back and the two families generally got along fine.
What I want to address here is self-reflection.
When watching the drama unfolds, I understand that the people we grow up with are our family. It's not really about blood. It's about familiarity. Lots of people who have it all might not understand but those who find a 'brother' in neighbourhood children, a cousin or even in foster families, these relationships exist.
Aside from that, it got me thinking. If my mother were to suddenly find that I'm not her biological child, would she goes all out to find for the child that was never with her? If the child would be underprivileged, would she trade me in for her? Hey, it's life...
Despite the thing about family, the drama actually talk about deafness. I literally mean deaf, as in deaf people and people who live around them. We have little exposure about deaf people. We know they exist but it's not like we care. Much.
The other main character, Daphne, the switched at birth child is deaf because she has Meningitis when she was a child.
Here, we can see that it was really awkward seeing how 'normal' people, as in us, talk with deaf people. Firstly, we talked really loud. As if they can hear us. Frankly, even if you use a loud speaker, I don't think it'll help. They mostly lip-read or read sign language. So, if you really wanna help either learn sign language or speak slowly and clearly. Oh, by slowly, I meant normally. They're not retards to be enunciating every word.
FYI, I can only do the "I love you" and "Can we be friend?" gesture. I suck. I know.
Secondly, even when an interpreter is present, talk to them. Look them in the eyes and talk to them. It's weird to talk to them in a third person and rude too.
Lastly, and maybe this is repetitive, deaf people are not dumb. They're the same as you and me, minus the hearing thing. And some of them can talk. They have voices. They can speak if they undergo therapy. It's all about opportunity and what they are comfortable of doing.
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