Bloomberg's Dramatic Sign Language Interpreter Gets Attention
It's difficult to sign words like boom or surge without being emotive
She's the only person in New York capable of upstaging Sandy.
Lydia Callis, the mayor's American Sign Language translator, has drawn raves for her animated translations of his press conferences and updates on the superstorm.
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I only watched Bloomberg's briefs because of her.
To me it always looks like she's mocking Bloomberg behind his back, which I find hilarious.