| re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 08:06 pm EDT 08/19/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface - Michael_Portantiere 04:35 pm EDT 08/19/20 | |
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| I agree, in principle, with what you're saying, but the heavy lifting of considering racism is handled by the men here. And I guess what I'm wishing is that Nellie herself had more of an arc to play out with regard to that. Her perspective is completely different from that of the men and I'd be interested in more of her journey. She goes from being horrified that Emile would have half-Polynesian children to making the decision to join this family as a wife and mother to those same children. The mother role is even one she takes up before Emile even returns from his mission...before she even knows if he's still alive. So...how does she do that? What's going on in her head? What does she have to do to make that leap and love those children? I know...it would all be too much and the show would sink under the weight, but Nellie has, arguably, the most interesting and relatable character arc of the Rodgers and Hammerstein heroines and we don't get to see very much of how she gets from point A to point C. She seems to make this journey almost completely on her own. There's not even a Carrie Pipperidge/Ado Annie best friend character for her to talk over her feelings. |
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