Yes, The King and I would have been a different (and/or “less problematic”) show had it been written by Eurasians, or The Drowsy Chaperone has it been written by single gay men, or the TV show Northern Exposure if it were written by Indigenous members of the Tingit tribe of Canada.
But just because 10 to even 50% of something’s core cast is made up of one group does not Krane that only that group should be allowed to tell that story. (Was anyone really offended that an Asian-American woman wrote what many thought was a cutting and hilarious Broadway play a few seasons back about straight white men?)
But just to stick to Ragtime: what specifically are any black people apparently offended by, or what do they think should have been left out or written differently? Not one answer has been given in this thread. |
