| re: Is it time for a CITY OF ANGELS revival? Perhaps starring.....? | |
| Last Edit: Singapore/Fling 11:20 am EDT 03/22/21 | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 11:19 am EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Is it time for a CITY OF ANGELS revival? Perhaps starring.....? - Chromolume 01:41 am EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| It can get harder when you're working with college students versus the general public. A lot of the campus response will be influenced by the ways that your department/school are responding to the larger issues around diversity, representation, and dismantling white supremacy in our culture; if the students are already inclined to not trust the administration, you'll have a harder road. First and foremost, the best thing you can do is include members of the student body in your process of choosing the musical. Bring them into the conversation as to what shows you're looking at, why they speak to you, and see how the students respond and what concerns or advice they have in approaching each selection. And then, in terms of being proactive, some things your school could do would include hiring a director of color and bringing the history of racism in Hollywood into your rehearsal process and public-facing content. If the production approaches the show by saying, "this reflects the reality of our culture and we're investigating that within the context of this show", then you should foster more goodwill. It's not about being "politically correct", it's about acknowledging the ways that these stereotypes are harmful and often distasteful to members of the audience who are seeing their culture played for laughs. So part of the strategy is to take out or complicate the mockery, in the hopes that you can still keep the joy (as in, Munoz is enjoying torturing Stone with these references, so you try to make that the focus of the song... if Munoz is in charge of the stereotypes, it changes the tone). |
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