| re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface |
| Last Edit: whereismikeyfl 04:28 pm EDT 08/19/20 |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 04:25 pm EDT 08/19/20 |
| In reply to: re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface - Michael_Portantiere 02:08 pm EDT 08/19/20 |
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I think you are right that she never says the word, but Michner does state that Nellie considered the native people of the island "n******s" like she knew from Little Rock. He is more explicit than the musical that Nellie was disturbed by the idea that a man who touched a n***** would touch her.
Michner is out of fashion but Tales of the South Pacific is a wonderful collection of stories that is even more timely today, as it traces how American superimpose the mores of the US on the people of the Pacific.
His "wokeness" shows that even if one is born in a time when causal bigotry is accepted, not everyone is a bigot. |
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