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It finally happened: White person cast as MLK in play
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:44 pm
And people are NOT happy about it, including the playwright. 
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The casting of a white actor as Martin Luther King in an Ohio university production of Katori Hall’s acclaimed play The Mountaintop was “a disservice to not just Dr King but an entire community”, the playwright has said.
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Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:45 pm to Ingeniero
Nick fury
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:46 pm to Ingeniero
quote:
not just Dr King but an entire community
what community is that?
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:46 pm to Ingeniero
Is he gonna blackface?
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:46 pm to Ingeniero
If he is the best actor for the job, he should be picked.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:47 pm to Ingeniero
That's what you get for trying to make James Bond black.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:47 pm to LSUTANGERINE
quote:
Is he gonna blackface?
As far as I know, no. The director is black as well and cast a black man and the white guy mentioned to play King, as it's a multi-show production. So the two actors will be switching out for different scenes I assume.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:47 pm to The Boat
quote:Damn right.
That's what you get for trying to make James Bond black.
Bond is the white MLK. You can't have him.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:47 pm to Scruffy
quote:
If he is the best actor for the job, he should be picked.
You know damn well he used his white privilege
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:50 pm to fillmoregandt
The comments under the story are pretty much the mental gymnastics I'd expect
quote:
There is a difference when you are the oppressed race. Martin luther King Jr.'s character is a chance for a black actor to shine and they denied that opportunity as so many opportunities have been denied to black artist, actors, dancers, ballerinas.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 11:56 pm to The Boat
Jesus and Santa Claus too
Posted on 11/11/15 at 12:20 am to Ingeniero
If a white guy is good enough to play Jesus or Moses, then he's good enough to be MLK
Posted on 11/11/15 at 12:45 am to Ingeniero
I hope it's Christopher Walken. The man was born to play MLK.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 3:33 am to Ingeniero
Black ballerinas? Unicorn?
Posted on 11/11/15 at 4:19 am to Ingeniero
So if a white person in Alabama paints himself black for Halloween it causes an uproar and now a white person can't play the role of a "historic" figure because he is simply white and not black? "Some" folks are beyond fricked up.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 5:04 am to tigerbutt
Posted on 11/11/15 at 5:08 am to Ingeniero
That play rips on MLK as it is, I couldn't imagine with a white cast.
Posted on 11/11/15 at 5:44 am to Ingeniero
This shite is reduciouslous.
A production of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" in community theater and the play is put on with an all-white cast originally as written.
It reminds me of the scene from "Amadeus" where they are rehearsing the opera and have removed the ballet score from the production so the cast is dancing to no music.
The Emperor has the ballet music returned by his understatement of "Humor me."
Wonderful film moment.
A production of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" in community theater and the play is put on with an all-white cast originally as written.
It reminds me of the scene from "Amadeus" where they are rehearsing the opera and have removed the ballet score from the production so the cast is dancing to no music.
The Emperor has the ballet music returned by his understatement of "Humor me."
Wonderful film moment.
This post was edited on 11/11/15 at 5:46 am
Posted on 11/11/15 at 5:47 am to Ingeniero
#JusticeForAnnie
Posted on 11/11/15 at 5:57 am to Ingeniero
I laugh at this.
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