| re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" |
| Posted by: wisebear 06:01 pm EDT 06/20/18 |
| In reply to: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" - chrismpls 10:43 pm EDT 06/19/18 |
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I'm troubled by the nature of the protest. I suppose the purists believe that the actors onstage are complicit because they didn't quit rather than don yellowface, but I find that unrealistic and unfair. Protest outside. You'll make your point. Kudos to the performers who persevered during the protest, doing what they were hired and directed to do.
I'm also wondering if the rules must be as rigid for a revue, and where that leads in terms of cabaret performance. Of course I'd never cast a full production of Flower Drum Song with non-Asian actors. But does that mean a white man can't perform You Are Beautiful in an R&H revue? Can any white woman ever perform Summertime or Love Look Away?
I'm really asking, and not for a friend. I perform songs from Ain't Misbehavin, Eubie, Raisin....is that offensive because I'm white? |
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