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6 years

A lovely piece. Thank you @nytimes #ThisClose

‘This Close’ Is by and About Deaf People, but That’s Only the Beginning (Published 2018)

Deafness is just one aspect of this dramedy, created by and starring Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman, that is also about friendship, romance and ambition.

www.nytimes.com

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1 year

This scene took my breath away. All the awards for Meghann Fahy please. #TheWhiteLotus

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1 year

He finally gave us his Housewives tagline.

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@ecareyo (silently) choosing violence

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ASL on a poster for a Marvel project - sometimes it’s hard to measure progress, but this is truly something I didn’t think I’d see happen in my lifetime.

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5 years

Over 95 percent of disabled characters are portrayed by able bodied actors. @CBS continues the trend by casting a hearing actor in a deaf role.

James Marsden, Amber Heard Among Four Cast in ‘The Stand’ at CBS All Access

James Marsden and Amber Heard will lead the Stephen King adaptation at CBS All Access, with the author set to pen the final episode.

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

[singing foreign language] is not accessible, which is the whole point of captions. captioners should be inputting the actual words being spoken, whatever language they are in. #Oscars

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Taught my dog some fingerspelling.

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2 years

My favorite moment of the show, so far.

Ty DeMartino

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2 years

#YounYuhjung taking #TroyKotsur ’s Oscar … so he can sign! ❤️🥲 #oscars #CODA

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Here are my feelings about hearing people being cast as deaf people (especially on @CBSAllAccess the version of the stand)

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2 years

@ihatejoelkim Another role stolen from Lea.

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Happy #Pride month - this is the ASL sign for pride, and the shirt was designed by a deaf artist, Randall Pituk. Get your shirt at to support deaf artists!

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Happy October 14th.

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

Agitated Miso Chili

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

I’ll forever remember 2020 as the year I didn’t know I needed. I baked, shaved my head, bleached my hair, shaved my head again, voted, adopted a puppy, celebrated one year of sobriety and kept on swimming, swimming, swimming.

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

I didn’t even stay up past midnight for new year’s but I did for episode 4 of #WANDAVISION and it was SO WORTH IT.

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

I binged #DeafU last night & want to share my thoughts. First, it’s important to say these kids who shared their stories are pretty damn brave. I know I couldn’t have done that when I was in their shoes at Gallaudet!

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Love this reframing

Rabbi Darby

@RabbiDarby

3 years

@GHMansfield I once read somewhere. “Disabled folk don’t have “special needs” we have the same needs as everyone else. Just different ways of getting those needs met.”

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Well, gee. Way to make a girl feel special @outmagazine #OUTBachelors

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

It’s been a dream come true to play in the MCU’s sandbox with a group of great, talented writers. Tune into Hawkeye when it premieres this month to meet Maya Lopez before she gets a show of her very own!

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

Had a lovely chat with Rosy Cordero @DEADLINE after our panel at comic con! @LaurenRidloff

How Lauren Ridloff & Joshua Feldman Are Making Hollywood More Accessible For Disabled Creatives

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

@AllCharisma Thank you for your bravery. You gave us such a great character in Cordy, it makes sense the woman behind her is just as strong.

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

Will most definitely NOT be watching because they cast a hearing person in a deaf role 🙃🙃🙃

Paramount+

@paramountplus

4 years

Good Vs. Evil. Where do you stand? Based on the book by Stephen King, #TheStand premieres December 17, only on CBS All Access.

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3 years

@ecareyo “I will be there right now”

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

FINALLY we can say we are coming back for season two!

Stacy Lambe

@sllambe

6 years

#ThisClose , the groundbreaking series created by and starring @Shoshannah7 and @ItsJoshFeldman , renewed for season two. Details via @etnow :

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4 months

#1 on both Disney plus and Hulu - insane! Thank you for helping prove there’s an audience for a deaf indigenous antihero.

Marvel’s ‘Echo’ Premieres At Number One On Both Disney+ And Hulu

After making all five episodes available this past Tuesday, Marvel Studios Echo has premiered at #1 on both the Disney+ and Hulu platforms.

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

FIRE ISLAND is hilarious - it also melted my lil gay heart. The whole cast was extraordinary. Bravo to @ihatejoelkim and director extraordinaire @AndrewAhnFilms

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

Happy pub day to Tru Biz by @NovicSara - a book set at a deaf residential school with stories set in motion by passionate teenagers and the adults who become their wards. IMO, it’s the first great novel about our community *and* it’s written by a Deaf author - yay!

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Here we come. September 12. @SundanceTV

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

I was excited to watch this video about our new First Lady, but as with all their videos @nowthisnews stops providing captions after the first minute, making the video inaccessible. Pretty sure Dr. Biden and her husband’s administration would not approve.

Betsy West

@Betsywest

4 years

Meet our next First Lady!!! @FilmmakerJulie and I were honored to direct this video about the warm, witty, impressive Dr. Bz #JillBiden

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6 years

Really enjoyed this interview, thank you @huffpostqueer and @CurtisMWong for allowing me to discuss how I got to create the kind of show I wanted to watch as a gay, deaf man.

With 'This Close,' Josh Feldman Puts Deaf, Gay Lives In The Spotlight

The actor and writer helps set a new milestone for intersectional representation on TV.

www.huffpost.com

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

This was for a nominated song, so the lyrics are already published, the captioning outfit responsible could have easily secured them ahead of time. Really disappointing.

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Join @Shoshannah7 and I for a Q&A after our screening @framelinefest June 29! First three episodes of season two. You don’t want to miss this. Link to tix:

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Josh Feldman

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3 months

@DannyPellegrino After you appear on national television with awkwardly orange hair from a prolonged bleaching process you’re invincible!! #TeamKatie

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Hey girl hey. Have you signed up for @sundance_now yet? If not, here’s how.

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Slowly catching up on #ACSVersace & while Darren Criss continues to be amazing/creepy AF, I am astounded by Jeff Trail and David Madson. Finn Wittrock and Cody Fern are heartbreaking. Didn’t expect the show to be an elegiac about the lives of gay men in the 90s. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Any day I get to talk about being an intersectional LGBT individual is a good day. Thanks @Respect_Ability !

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

This is such a problematic/ableist headline & article. I'm glad the girl helped the man but this implies he leads a lonely & sad life when not faced with the difficulties of traveling.

The New York Times

@nytimes

6 years

“It seems like such a lonely life to be deaf and blind — to not be able to see and hear,” said Clara, 15, who helped a deaf and blind passenger by signing into his hands on a flight

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

When porn is more inclusive than your government

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

PSA: I love that so many shows/networks/companies are gathering their actors and behind the scenes talent to create fun/educational content for people in this scary time, but please remember to provide captions for deaf people. We feel so forgotten when you don’t.

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Mary is such a wild card at this reunion, I love it. #RHOSLC

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

Gonna do a video for this! Stay tuned. #OperationASLStorytime

Shoshannah Stern

@Shoshannah7

4 years

My friends @mezmalz & @TheJohnMcGinty have inspired me. A lot of deaf kids are isolated at home right now without linguistic access. Please tell me what storybook you’d like me to sign and I’ll do it. Then I’ll tag some of my friends to do the next one. Let’s do this.

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

PSA: Maude is on Amazon Prime/iMDBtv

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

@gibsonoma Hits its stride in season two! We need to get Caroline Stanbury on RHOBH.

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

That special Jules episode of #EuphoriaHBO was revelatory! Filled in a lot of blanks about what happened to Jules throughout s1, adding a lot to her character. Can’t wait for s2. Bravo to Hunter Schafer who also co-wrote... HERO.

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3 years

99 cents to see me dance on top of a bar in a mesh tank... among other ungodly things my character did.

SundanceTV

@SundanceTV

3 years

All of your favorite SundanceTV originals in one place. Watch This Close, Rectify, State of the Union and more now on AMC+ on Amazon, for only 99¢ for the first two months:

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3 years

@Variety @thomasadoherty Queerbaiting? Do better.

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Season two, day one #ThisClose

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

We might have some news soon. Just saying... 😬

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@sherush

5 years

Seriously the family dynamic between @ItsJoshFeldman , @MarleeMatlin and @moshekasher is so perfect in #ThisClose ! One of the most convincing and authentic families in television right now. Season 2, I need you! @sundance_now I'm ready when you are!

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Not used to all this serotonin still flooding my brain, but wow - from the pledge of allegiance signed with ASL to Amanda Gorman’s beautiful poem, lots of great things about that ceremony. Now the great work begins.

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Josh Feldman

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4 months

About last night - I hope you’ll binge all 5 episodes of ECHO when it drops tonight. It was a honor and a privilege to work with such a great group of people to bring this story to life!!

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

@ecareyo who told her "good thing it's not you!"

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Excited to share my story about two deaf men, newly dating, who take a camping trip that forever alters the course of their relationship. Many thanks to @MISTERBULLBULL for publishing it!

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Amazing how quickly serotonin floods the brain as soon as I put on HGTV after work

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Writing contests were very important to me growing up, not only did they give me hope, they challenged me. excited to be starting one with @shoshannah7 and @eastersealshq . Please encourage any deaf/hard of hearing writers you know between the ages of 18-25 to submit!

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Josh Feldman

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1 year

@ecareyo Thought the same. I was a literal mess, would not want anything I thought or said that first year to be immortalized in print!!

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Josh Feldman

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6 months

It was an honor to be a part of the writers room for this one! Y’all are in for a RIDE

Marvel Entertainment

@Marvel

6 months

No bad deed goes unpunished. All episodes of Marvel Studios' #Echo , a new Original series, streaming January 10 on @DisneyPlus & @Hulu . Set your Disney+ profile to TV-MA to stream. All episodes will be available on Hulu until April 9.

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3 years

One of my favorite scenes from s2!

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5 years

@ZackBornstein

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4 years

What stays with me is how these kids were brave enough to share their stories and it made me wistful for a time in my life that, like the show, was perfectly imperfect.

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

@ihatejoelkim But he was really nice to me

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

So honored #ThisClose has been nominated for a Peabody! In such good company here, too.

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

Normally I don’t like it when interpreters allow their own emotions to show while working, but this eye roll was very much appreciated. I don’t blame her. This schmuck.

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4 years

West Virginia's governor went on TV this afternoon to tell residents to go out to eat at Bob Evans

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4 years

No single piece of art, in whatever medium, will ever manage to encapsulate the deaf experience. That’s why there are 5,000 different reality shows out there, for example. Different strokes for different people.

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Just got out of @LesserGodBway & it was so great to see my native language brought to beautiful life onstage. #startlistening

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

Very adult, indeed (sorry mom)

Them

@them

6 years

‘This Close’ Is the Groundbreaking (And Very Adult) Show About Deafness We NEED

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5 years

Doing the “it’s an honor just to be nominated” dance #thisclose #GLAADawards

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2 years

@ecareyo

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5 years

@ihatejoelkim It’s amazing how this experience is hardwired into our gay dna

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@DannyPellegrino

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5 years

#NewProfilePic

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4 years

Best part of the golden globes last night. For me, it’s always been the norm. My mom took me to foreign movies regularly from a young age bc we didn’t have to worry about whether there would be captions or not - thankful for that. PS give this movie ALL the awards #BongHive

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

@Andy people's couch is back?? please please please

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

My lil dude turns 2 today 😭

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Ableist trolls coming out of the woodwork. God grant me the serenity...

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

WHOA. Such a honor to be in great company, thanks @glaad !

GLAAD

@glaad

5 years

The #GLAADawards nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series are... Brooklyn Nine-Nine Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Dear White People Modern Family One Day at a Time Schitt's Creek Superstore This Close Vida Will & Grace ✨

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

For @them I talked to @Mr_NaveenKumar about how representation matters more if the character is written by someone from within the same community. Oh and we also talked about unicorn syndrome 🦄 #ThisClose

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4 years

James mcavoy in atonement. That’s it; that’s the tweet

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Here it is y’all. Your first official look at season two of this close.

SundanceTV

@SundanceTV

5 years

Friends forever. #ThisClose Season 2 premieres on Sept 12th on #SundanceTV .

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4 years

Like any other piece of art, we bring to it our own experiences, our own expectations. Our frustrations & our hopes, our dreams. Some of you were disappointed, some of you liked it. At the end of the day, our deaf community is so big, with a multitude of stories within.

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@kylebuchanan Carrie Coon

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3 years

@MaxBenesi Didn’t word that last one right. He did you a favor by ending it because he absolutely sounds like a sociopath. Better now than later!

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10 months

Feels like the first week of the strike all over again, a good energy in the air - change is gonna come.

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Josh Feldman

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2 years

Props to @hulu for captioning ALL the spoken dialogue in #PreyHulu - English, French, and Comanche. Loved seeing every word, even in languages I didn’t know. That’s accessibility.

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11 months

As a dual union member, it’d make me so happy to be on strike for BOTH guilds. Actors deserve a hard line to be taken in these negotiations. This is a boiling point in our industry on all fronts.

Rolling Stone

@RollingStone

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EXCLUSIVE: In a letter obtained by Rolling Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Quinta Brunson, and 300+ actors have threatened SAG-AFTRA that they will go on strike if their demands are not met

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Had a great chat with @Queerty where among many things I talked about how the deaf aspect of the show made it a harder sell than the queer aspect did. #ThisClose

How Josh Feldman of ‘This Close’ got his queer show about deaf characters to TV

Plus, we discuss his future career as a deaf performer...

www.queerty.com

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Josh Feldman

@ItsJoshFeldman

6 years

Thanks for the great, fun chat @outmagazine ! Couldn’t have made this show happen without my partner in crime @Shoshannah7 , our fearless leader @AndrewAhnFilms and support from @sundance_now @superdeluxe and @KillerFilms #ittookavillage

Out Magazine

@outmagazine

6 years

It’s the first TV show created by and starring deaf people. We caught up with @ItsJoshFeldman to find out how he pulled it all off. #ThisClose #icymi

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

Vaccinated.

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Josh Feldman

@ItsJoshFeldman

5 years

The @glaad “where we are now” report reminds me of the work we still have to do -10% of series regulars on primetime shows this season are LGBTQ+ -only 3% of LGBTQ+ series regulars have a disability -13% of the general population report having a disability

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Better late than never! And yes, just in time for season two... which we should be allowed to talk about more very soon... 😬

Jessica Rhoades

@JessicaRhoades

5 years

If my math is right, I'm over a year late to the #ThisClose party... but just found it and promptly binged the whole first season! Hopefully just in time for season two. Cheers @Shoshannah7 and @ItsJoshFeldman , you came in like a wrecking ball. 🍷

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2 years

@nytimesarts @nytimes Thanks for spoiling it for us west coasters.

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4 years

Tom, Padma, Gail

♡♥Jans♡♥

@GoldenJans

4 years

Can y’all even name the 3 branches of government?

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6 years

Warmed my heart, watching these three wonderful deaf families live their lives on #DeafOutLoud - I know that life, coming from a deaf family myself. I hope @AETV continues to follow their journeys so many more people around the world can see what that life is like.

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Josh Feldman

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6 years

On my way to the #CAAGLAADsummit for a panel about being a LGBT writer in today’s television landscape. Excited to share and hear what others have to say.

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

me, seeing the turtle from enlightened show up in the white lotus finale

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3 years

@DannyPellegrino This is NOT okay.

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4 years

@gibsonoma Favorite moment: Karen’s tax press conference. Favorite one liner: Karen again with

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Josh Feldman

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4 years

For #OperationASLStorytime I did Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree" - a favorite as a kid.

THE GIVING TREE - ASL Version #OperationASLStorytime

Shel Silverstein's classic book, "The Giving Tree" - in American Sign Language for #OperationASLStorytime

www.youtube.com

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Josh Feldman

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5 years

Dramatic? Me? Never.

GLAAD

@glaad

5 years

'This Close' gets even more up close and personal for dramatic and guest star-filled second season

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Josh Feldman

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3 years

it's true. while we did have more planned for kate & michael, i'm glad that we got to share these people with the world for two beautiful seasons. i'll always be proud of what we put out into the world. #thisclose

Shoshannah Stern

@Shoshannah7

3 years

I know people have been asking about S3 of #ThisClose for a while. While they never canceled us... they also never picked us up. It's really sad, but it is what is. So proud of what we made and to be recognized here!

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