ani difranco’s ‘make me stay’ in sign language

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— its funny watching this now… i made this video about a year before i graduated from my program. though this wasn’t an assignment for a class, its representative of what i would have done at the time. there are parts of this i have to chuckle and blush at in retrospect… but i keep it posted for nostalgia’s sake. this is also a good example of “live” interpretation. no bells and whistles to the video; it was filmed in a single shot. memorized and practiced of course, but no cutting or editing. understand that doing this is very different than putting clips together over a longer period of time. doing a live interpretation in front of a live audience takes a lot of gusto, chutzpah, and dare i say ‘balls’ – my hat is totally off to terps in the field who do this 😀.

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  3. please don’t ever remove this vid, even if you feel like your sign skills are better now…it is so fascinating to watch; i lov eit….i love that song too!

  4. Thanks for doing what you do ! I’m sharing all of your videos with my friends, both Deaf and hearing…keep up the great work !

  5. Yeah your new shit video rocked. Even though I don’t know Marilyn Manson’s music that well. Your pants are awesome. They go great with your shirt… =)

  6. would love to add close captioning on this too so I can track the signs as I learn ASL 🙂

  8. After falling in love with you “new shit” video, I started to watch the others. Thanks so much for introducing me to Ani Difranco. She’s now one of my regularly rotated artists. Love your work. Thanks so much for sharing.

  9. I don’t understand “a lick of sign language” but the artful way in which you move…

    Let’s call it love.

  10. Hy! Just let you know that me (Adro), Sue, and Rick, are in love with you and your works in Sign language. Congratulations 🙂

    ps: are you gay? Cause I’m not But Rick is so, someone will very happy with your answer

  11. Very Beautifully performed, luv. I can see why you keep it for nostalgia, it’s just wonderfully done.

  13. ani is amazing and you did this song amazing justice!! ^__^ im glad you kept it so i could hear and see the song!

  15. I agree with Hotcomb8, you are one damn fine interpreter. and a damn fine film maker.

  17. you are the hottest interpreter Ive ever seen the only ones i have ever seen were overweight with a terrible perm and they smelled like kitty litter .

  18. Hey, oh my gosh.. u are damn hot!! Seriously, you totally turn me on! So amazing!! watcing all of your song in asl.. you are truly an artist, very creative. I want see more of you. I can’t even decide which one is my favorite. Love them all. “Crazy”, “This is my new shit” and this one, “Make me stay”. Keep it up! Looking forward for more clips of you. 🙂

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