| re: barrier-breaking? |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 05:12 pm EDT 10/24/17 |
| In reply to: barrier-breaking? - KingSpeed 04:56 pm EDT 10/24/17 |
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Wasn't he the second actor to play the Phantom in the US? Not much of a barrier.
How many other shows at the time had black leads in otherwise all-white casts? Unless it's Othello, not a lot. (And I'm amazed your only comment on his passing is to 'whitesplain' this achievement.) |
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