| re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:35 pm EDT 08/19/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface - Chromolume 02:32 pm EDT 08/19/20 | |
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| Also, I don't think Emile was married to the mother of his children, except in the film version, where, I suppose, out-of-wedlock children were just a taboo too far. I've always wondered if Emile wants to marry Nellie, or finds her an acceptable woman to marry, because she is white. I don't think he would consciously admit to racism, especially where his children are concerned, but it might be the case that Emile, who would likely have grown up in the 19teens, would acknowledge that there are women you love and women you marry. Perhaps, in Nellie, he has found both. In any case, I hope Emile lives a long life, because I can't imagine Nellie either remaining on the island as a widow or returning to Little Rock with two Polynesian stepchildren in tow. I've always wished that more of SOUTH PACIFIC was about Nellie grappling with the racism that she was taught at home in Little Rock. It would be interesting for the sunny and optimistic heroine to discover the darkness within and actually wrestle with it. And it would have given Hammerstein an opportunity to write some substantial conversations/lyrics for Nellie with characters other than Emile. It's interesting to me that, although contemporary productions almost always cast minority actors in the ensemble, Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't create any characters here who are specifically African-American. Surely there must be some black sailors or marines or even nurses on this island and surely it would be very interesting for Nellie to actually talk to someone of color and have a real conversation. |
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