10 Yeah, I'm _not_ gonna tell my kids that this was Anne Boleyn... (www.dailymail.co.uk) posted 6 days ago by ScullyMully 6 days ago by ScullyMully +10 / -0 4 comments share 4 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (4) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – ScullyMully [S] 2 points 6 days ago +2 / -0 it just feels like the point isn't the story, the point is the race swap Yup. If it was a colorblind restaging of a play updated to 2021, sure, or a one-woman monolog. But this is rewriting history in a way that nullifies history. It'd be like casting a Muslim woman as Catherine Of Aragon. It's willfully fraudulent and antihistorical. Wouldn't expect "...starring Tom Hanks as Martin Luther King Jr" to go over well. Only British actors of African descent can play MLK... permalink save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – Friendly_B 1 point 6 days ago +2 / -1 "...starring Tom Hanks as Martin Luther King Jr" This is a good example of what I mean. permalink parent save report block reply
Yup. If it was a colorblind restaging of a play updated to 2021, sure, or a one-woman monolog.
But this is rewriting history in a way that nullifies history.
It'd be like casting a Muslim woman as Catherine Of Aragon. It's willfully fraudulent and antihistorical.
Wouldn't expect "...starring Tom Hanks as Martin Luther King Jr" to go over well. Only British actors of African descent can play MLK...
"...starring Tom Hanks as Martin Luther King Jr"
This is a good example of what I mean.