| re: ugh... Des McAnuff...why? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 10:56 am EDT 06/24/18 | |
| In reply to: re: ugh... Des McAnuff...why? - broadwaybacker 09:07 am EDT 06/24/18 | |
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| I absolutely did not say a person should be hired ""just because" they are POC"... in fact I even further clarified that they should be hiring a good director who is also a POC. I think mixing up the two ideas is pretty problematic, because again to me it reads like you are assuming they looked and determined there just simply isn't one, and so if they were to hire a black director it would be simply because they are black. Which also dismisses any importance to hiring a black director to tell a black story. And to be clear I'm not saying Des or any white director couldn't do a great job with this. But we'll never know what a black director would have done or how it might have been more authentic - maybe not at all. I'm not saying that the director HAS to be black. I'm not even saying the writer has to be. But I do think many in the left/liberal entertainment world right now would object or at least raise an eyebrow very high at the fact that it's not - and even more in the black community would. But I'm just surprised they didn't hire someone who brings that to it and instead hired someone who other than Jersey Boys hasn't done good work on Broadway since 1995 (and I know Jersey Boys being a hit is a supremely relevant thing for this particular show, but it also would make me not want him because it's so similar - a bio jukebox musical about a male singing group). But I stand by that it is the opposite of the point to say you shouldn't suggest a black director do it instead of a white one unless you have a specific black director who is clearly as good or better than the white director. I'm never saying you just hire anyone "just because" they are black, I'm saying you find someone who is and who is a good director for the job... unless you're saying none exist. And again, that just perpetuates the issue of there being little to no opportunities for black directors on Broadway. There will never be one "ready for this kind of show" until they hire people who can prove themselves. The fact that there isn't a black Marc Bruni for something like this ... he didn't make a splash as a hot new director, he was the assistant and associate director of two major (though mediocre) directors for a decade before he got a chance taken on his for Beautiful... another show that sells itself. And that's a hit also. |
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