It’s been two years since Troy Kotsur pulled on the heartstrings of Sundance audiences with his supporting performance in “CODA,” and one year since his Oscar win for the role mad…
,” and one year since his Oscar win for the role made him a household name. Now, he’s found his way back to his home state of Arizona, where the whole country will watch him perform the national anthem in American Sign Language duringWhen “CODA” — an acronym meaning “child of deaf adults” — rose to popularity, it sparked a larger conversation about our widespread failure to acknowledge Deaf culture and make efforts to accommodate and include deaf people.
What’s the process behind a performance like this? Since Chris Stapleton will be singing the anthem, will you be signing an interpretation of his rendition? Or is your performance more your own? After reading the lyrics of the national anthem, I did a bit more research and really wanted to focus on what inspired the author, Francis Scott Key. I was analyzing his intention. He witnessed what was happening in the [American Revolutionary War] and it was a terrible war, but the flag still survived. It was still there. So he ended up writing a poem, and he gave it to a friend of his who was a soldier, and it spread like wildfire. Later on, they added music to that.
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