| re: Casting "Virginia Woolf" diversely |
| Last Edit: Delvino 05:36 pm EDT 08/19/17 |
| Posted by: Delvino 05:33 pm EDT 08/19/17 |
| In reply to: re: Casting "Virginia Woolf" diversely - kess0078 01:29 am EDT 08/19/17 |
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Agree fully with your statement and those annotations in the piece.
I lost Facebook friends over this very stand during the initial debate. People who don't even know the play, or understand its intricately shaped, period-specific gender and (academia-defining) class dynamics weighed in with sweeping generalities. I found the absence of nuance in many of the discussions breathtaking. People who only knew the play via clips or still shots from the film shook their finger in my face and called me racist.
I find this article so welcome and the needed evidence to counter the new unfair assessment of Albee and his estate's protective but thoughtful measures. He knew his play, knew how casting one role in a specific way could throw the story into dangerous and racist territory.
I'd love to see this production. |
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