Raven Sutton on Netflix’s “The Circle”
Callie Frye, Daily Moth Reporter:
We learned that in the fifth season of the show, “The Circle,” there will be a Deaf player named Raven Sutton! Raven announced that she is going to participate in the show with her bestie/interpreter Paris McTizic on her Instagram account sharing a promo video clip from Netflix.
[Video clip, Credit: IG/bluejay19xx] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9ELrLszZl/
“The Circle,” on Netflix, is a social experiment and competition based around social media with the concept “anyone can be anyone” on that show. It has been compared to other shows such as Big Brother and Catfish in format, as well as the Black Mirror episode “Nosedive” with the concept of ratings.
[Trailer of “The Circle” Season 5, Credit: YouTube/Netflix] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCOZMsLYqsU
She will be the first-ever Deaf contestant on the show.
Raven Sutton received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Social Work from Gallaudet University. She also took graduate courses at Howard University.
She works as a Survivor Resource Specialist for deaf survivors of violence at Deaf DAWN in D.C. She is originally from Alabama. Raven has a passion for dancing and performing songs in ASL and shares it on social media, where she has over 150,000 followers on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. In 2021 she went viral for her performance of the song, “WAP.”
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The experiment begins as online players craft their profiles through photographs, biographies, and text chat on a specially-designed social media application. It gives them the ability to portray themselves in any way they choose as they start connecting with others for better or worse for the rest of the game. Every few days, each contestant must secretly vote on their favorite contestants within the game and “rate” all of the others from first to last place; their average ratings are then revealed to the entire group from lowest to highest. Normally, the two highest-rated players become “Influencers” mutually agree and decide on which player to eliminate from the game. The goal is to stay in the game until the final by either becoming an influencer or good friends with popular players and then get ranked the highest by other players in the final round to win over $100,000.
The Circle (US) series’ fifth season is set to premiere on December 28, 2022. Congratulations, Raven, on getting on the show. Win for the Deaf community! We are rooting for you!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9ELrLszZl/
https://gallaudet.edu/university-communications/alumna-raven-sutton-to-appear-on-the-circle/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCOZMsLYqsU