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Deaf casting, Kelly’s performance and reported personal details, and Dreyfuss’s reported memory problems.
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- All deaf characters reportedly played by deaf actors;mainstream portrayal built awareness and connection to music-centered father.
- Kelly did singing/dancing,trained performer;reported Jimmy Patero marriage prompts ESPN party anecdote about Holland critique.
- Dreyfuss memory loss and inability to recall Whose Life Is It Anyway filming reportedly linked to cocaine;later earpiece for stage lines and Old Vic criticism used to explain career decline.