| re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" | |
| Posted by: mikem 12:50 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" - Singapore/Fling 12:16 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
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| I'm a little surprised how provincial the Muny management seems to be. The official statement that they eventually put out was very nice, but the initial response was clueless. The show could have put together differently. Not only was there the choice to have a white actress play Tuptim using some weird accent, during the sailors' jaunt through New York in "On the Town," the sailors put on Native American headdresses and make whooping gestures to show that they are having fun. Maybe that was how it was done in 1944 (and 1989), but I would hope we've moved beyond that in 2018. It was very jarring. When St Louis's Public Radio station discussed these issues with Mike Isaacson, the Muny's executive producer, his initial response was dismissive, saying that the protesters had a "shallow understanding" of the show, and saying about the headdresses and whooping gestures that it was just "drunken sailors doing a series of silly acts." I'm glad that he now seems to understand that these issues are complex and could have been handled differently, but it's surprising that even after people protested, he didn't seem to understand what was troubling. |
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| Link | http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/visiting-theater-pros-cite-yellowface-hurtful-stereotypes-muny#stream/0 |
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