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He is certainly aware that his old fans don't like his movies. He's not making movies for his fans from 1995. He's making movies for his people that are the same age as his fans were in 1995. Think about it. As much as I loved Billy Madison, and I still watch it today and laugh, it came out when I was 11. If I had never seen it before, I would likely think it was not good. The only comedy he made that actually stands up to aging, arguably, is Big Daddy, and that's because his fans from back then are now adults with kids, or thinking about having kids. It was sophomoric humor then, it's sophomoric humor now, the only difference is that it was edgy to us then, and now we've grown up. He's found a market to hit, and he's doing it well, to the tune of hundred million dollar box offices.

It's worth pointing out here that you can represent a country in most international competitions without necessarily having ever set foot in that country. Abeda was born and raised in Canada, so he really could just go a few towns over to ski the Rocky Mountains.

I was reading through your comment history (easiest way to peruse an AMA, and also to see if I could find your general location, more on that in a second) and saw that your new year's resolution is to read more. I also saw that you're from the south, (US more importantly), so to piggyback off of what /u/mashington14 said, contact your local library for the blind. Every state has one as part of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Disabled. They'll be able to help you out with programs and services in your area to help you with your transition, if necessary, and get you ready to go with books on tape or braille if the need arises.

The National Library Service is a free mail-order program open to anybody that is blind, or has a physical disability that makes reading difficult. We have braille, books on tape, digital talking books, playaways, described video, and described DVDs and Blu-Rays (though these are slightly less of a specialty item; it's simply a secondary audio track already on the disc, most people just don't realize that). A special Digital Book player will be sent to you to play the proprietary cartridges we use, and if you request one, you can be sent a cassette player to listen to some of our books that haven't been converted to digital (cassettes are recorded at 4x speed, so it won't sound right on a traditional player). We also offer a (free) download service called BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) where you can download any digital books or magazines produced by NLS or the network libraries, and put them on a thumb drive to listen on your Digital Book player. There's an iPad/iPhone app currently available to use with books downloaded from BARD, and they are working on making an Android app available.

Anyways, I mention this mostly because I know how few people even know about the program's existence. The only reason I know about it is because I work at one, and even that was an accident. It's part of the larger local library system that I worked at, and I didn't even know it existed until a friend/future co-worker told me there was a position opening up there at the time, and that I should apply for it.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me, and I'll do whatever I can to help you out.

TL;DR, I hope it doesn't happen to you, but if you do lose your sight, there are plenty of resources available to help you out!