{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Hollywood's Go-to Blindness Consultant Has a Big New Show","description":"99% of the word can see, 1% can not \u2013\u2013 but what if it were the other way around? That\u2019s the premise of Apple\u2019s first original fantasy TV series, \u201cSee,\u201d which premiered in November on their new streaming video platform, TV+. In order to tell the story of a world that has evolved to live entirely without sight, they hired Joe Strechay \u2013\u2013 a \u201cblindness consultant\u201d with a background in education \u2013 to teach the sighted cast and crew how to play the part with as much authenticity as possible. We talked with Joe about his personal journey to blindness, his early career, and how he found his way to Hollywood and eventually, as Associate Producer for this big-budget, Game of Thrones-style epic. He also gives his take on why there aren\u2019t more blind actors in the show, and specific advice for how blind actors looking to get onto the show can go about contacting him. ","author_name":"The Be My Eyes Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bemyeyes.com","html":"