| re: Question re: Once On This Island revival - a white Daniel? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 08:34 am EST 02/08/18 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 08:31 am EST 02/08/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Question re: Once On This Island revival - a white Daniel? - ntjvy 04:01 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| Dude, Chazwaza asked a simple question and I gave him a simple answer -- my opinion, nothing more. I wasn't trying to make a racial statement. Of course, I didn't ask him if he was white -- it's none of my business. I just said that he looks white, which he does and probably appears to be so to many people viewing the show who aren't there in the theatre looking to push some sort of agenda. Powell (and the other members of the cast) play dual roles if we are to take the pre-show seriously. In the pre-show he's simply a member of a doctor's humanitarian team so his race is unimportant. In the story they are all telling the little girl, he plays Daniel, who is a light-skinned individual of mixed race. Personally in my opinion only I think Arden is trying to make a statement similar to what Miranda is doing in Hamilton that acting on stage is acting and any person regardless of his race or ethnicity can play any role as long as he or she is good enough. Most stage productions are open to different interpretations -- this one is no exception. |
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