Deaf U

A reality show about students at Gallaudet University shouldn't be treated this way. Whether or not you liked the people they chose to cast, it won't change anything about it now. Obviously they aren't going to focus on things like their major and what they do for work. It's a REALITY SHOW. We know it's not all real, it can't be. But for everyone to get mad about it being focused on dating and showing the people who suck, just watch something else. It's for entertainment, as well as to educate people about what it is like being deaf. They're all in their 20s, and they do normal things that people their age do. The reasoning for these other reviews are just dumb- to put it bluntly. If you don't want to watch a reality show, then why did you? Yes, it has its flaws, but in the end it's a fun show and these other reviews should obviously just stick to animal planet or a nice college lecture on Youtube. Clearly, they missed the point. The editors and film crew had to pick interesting parts of these students lives while filming for however long they did. They aren't going to show them doing homework every night, or their conversations with professors. They're gonna show the drama because, as I already said numerous times, the show is meant to entertain people.

As a reality show, it's a quick watch and pretty entertaining. They focused on a couple characters more than others and they could've improved on that, but how does anyone expect them to improve on it if they only watch a couple episodes and rate it one star?

I found this in Netflix's documentary section because deaf culture fascinates me. I quickly found out, however, that this is a reality show, not a documentary. The filmmakers seems to go out of their way to simplify relationships between students (mainly by focusing on just 5-6 students in a school of 1000) and enhancing the drama between them.

That being said, the characters the students play are interesting, and I ended up watching the whole season. I also learned about deaf culture, though my time would probably have been better spent just watching Cheyenna's Youtube videos.

... but instead it wasn't even clear if it was with actual real people or fake with actors. The way it was set up was weird. And the focus on dating is bizarre, why not focus on the rest of university life? I wasn't able to watch it beyond the two bros in the gym discussing female classmates like they were pieces of meat.

But yay for deaf representation in film? #missedopportunity

After watching a few episodes, it was great, and then the interview part is significant, too, because they show their real feelings and struggles. But it went off track and heavily focused on one person, Alexa. As for others, they indeed show their emotion and being real, but sadly they are put aside for one person, Alexa. It's on the production team to make it better, and those people involved in it deserve the same attention. Hopefully that the production team will improve on this issue next season.

Out of absolute boredom, I ran across this show (being billed as a documentary) however it was less documentary and more of a reality show about a group of deaf students who spend all their time instagramming and sleeping around. I imagine the producers searched for the most attractive group they could find and then asked them to talk about their sex lives, which seem to consist of a rotation of sleeping with one another, except for the one bisexual girl and her lesbian gf. I watched the entire season, hoping it would get better but it was entirely more of the same, just a group of 20yr olds drinking, screwing around, and eating ramen noodles. Most the females were fairly attractive, with the exception of the one "elite" blonde who looked entire like a stripper in training. If you're looking for actual information on deaf culture, this is NOT the place to find it.