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   riesler
   

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   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47468011

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   throngsman
   

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   Sheds a new meaning to the word 'casting'

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   Wrenfoe
   

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   Arghhhhhh! This debate drives me nuts. Casting should be about the best actor (regardless of what they look like, ethnicity, gender, disability, etc). Only that way will marginalized groups and disenfranchised performers get to play decent roles.

   We should be arguing for more black Hamlets, not saying the black actor only gets to play third servant from the left because it looks accurate.

   *bangs head on table*

   (P.S. I've trained many non-white/male actors over the years - some of whom are performing/directing at the RSC right now. None of them would have got ahead, if they had meekly accepted the roles they were offered.)

   (P.P.S. Audiences don't care. Within 15 seconds of a female King Lear being on stage, an audience will happily suspend its disbelief)

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   riesler
   

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   Agree absolutely. It's called 'acting' for a reason.

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   Wrenfoe
   

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   Agree absolutely. It's called 'acting' for a reason.

   Yes!

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   Sinnick
   

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   Almost completely agree. Saw Maxine Peake playing Hamlet - best version I've seen

   However, context can be important - I can't quite imagine Su Pollard playing the lead in a biopic of Martin Luther King

   Or a stickleback playing the title role in a remake of "Jaws", for that matter

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   Sir Lupus
   

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   Read an interview with.. Er the new doctor who... She said her response to people who said a woman couldn't play the doctor was that she would happily make way for a genuine Gallifreyan actor.

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   Midfield Diamond
   

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   We'll be having unidexters playing Tarzan next ...

   Seriously, Mrs D once cast a white Mary and a black Joseph in a school nativity play. Apart from a couple of tuts from parents who thought their little treasure shouldn't have been a sheep, no-one minded in the least.

   Posted 10 months ago #

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   Al OPecia
   

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   Saw Fiona Shaw playing Shakespeare's Richard II about 20 odd years ago. Fabulous.

   We'll be having unidexters playing Tarzan next ...

   lol

   Posted 10 months ago #

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    Titus
    

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    Audiences don't care. Within 15 seconds of a female King Lear being on stage, an audience will happily suspend its disbelief

    Fair enough; in Shakespeare's own time, all parts (including the female roles - Juliet, Lady MacBeth, Ophelia, Cleopatra etc.) were played by male actors.

    Posted 10 months ago #

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    Sinnick
    

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    Thanks for the reminder, MD
    Pete & Dud:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty68LPKRQQQ

    PS - Titus, I think that was it was illegal for women to act at the time, rather than a choice

    Posted 10 months ago #

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    riesler
    

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    Next thing you know, a white bloke will be cast as Jesus...

    Posted 10 months ago #

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    Oxbridge
    

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    Why exactly are we supposed to care about who gets to play pretend? It's a stupid film. It DOES NOT MATTER.

    Posted 10 months ago #

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