'The Simpsons' will feature a deaf actor on Sunday for the first time in its 33-year history.
Even though the characters in the show have only four fingers, they'll use American Sign Language in the groundbreaking episode. And no, the episode was not written after "CODA," the movie about the hearing daughter of two deaf parents, won best picture at the Oscars last month.
Sosthand told CNN that the show's producers consulted two ASL specialists regarding the signs that characters make in the episode. The sign language specialists reviewed animatics -- rough versions of the show's visuals -- to make sure that despite the characters' missing fingers, the meaning of the words was conveyed correctly.
"There are many autobiographical themes in the episode regarding the tension between a love of music and loved ones who are deaf -- themes also present in "CODA," but very much from my own life," she added.
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