I can't tell from your wording, but there's no need to defend or explain the Hamilton casting concept to me, I understand and applaud it, and agree it's part of what makes the show thrilling and much more impactful than it might be with a white cast playing the historically white characters.
But I do have to disagree about Arden's casting -- casting Papa Ge, the usually male demon of death, as a woman, and Asaka, the mother of the earth, as a man playing somewhat non-binary was the casting I found poignant and progressive. I don't think he cast Daniel as a bi-racial man who appears to be white because he wanted to show that anyone could play any role regardless of race if they are good enough for it. It seems to be he either just liked the actor and decided his bi-racialness was more than enough to fit the role, or he wanted to visually clarify and draw more clear distinction and conflict between the black peasants and the French-mixed rich blacks on the island. |
