NEW YORK CITY -- Oscar winner Marlee Matlin has lashed out at "Saturday Night Live" for poking fun at sign language during the opening skit on Saturday's show. As regulars Fred Armisen and Bobby Moynihan impersonated New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the press conference sketch about the Hurricane Sandy disaster, two castmates offered comic signing beside them, which aired for the hearing-impaired people.
But the hearing impaired Matlin wasn't laughing, she found the skit offensive and took to Twitter.com to slam the show's producers and the stars themselves...
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