| re: TRANS MARCH ON BROADWAY Set for Monday, September 6th at Noon | |
| Posted by: DavidEsq 03:23 pm EDT 09/02/21 | |
| In reply to: TRANS MARCH ON BROADWAY Set for Monday, September 6th at Noon - Official_Press_Release 11:17 am EDT 09/02/21 | |
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| First - this is a truly needed conversation on a undeniably valid issue. But I have to wonder how many of the people who have commented on Mackintosh actually went back to the Telegraph article itself as opposed to relying on the stories about the Telegraph article. I have to admit I did until I read Mackintosh's statement and wanted to see the entire original article (or ideally a transcript of what was said) as opposed to the characterizations of it in other outlets. After reading it, it appears his statement seemed a far more likely interpretation than what I saw portrayed in other articles. Some of the articles I read truly framed his quotes in a way just completely inconsistent with other parts of the article. When I read the Telegraph article it seems crystal clear he was talking about whether the "character" of Mary Poppins could be transgender as opposed to a transgender actor playing the character (which is nearly universally how his statement was covered in other articles). Other statements he was quoted as saying in the same interview were explicit in his openness to have any characters played by an actor of any color or identity if they're the best actor for the part. I never saw that quote - which was much less ambiguous as to his feelings on casting - quoted in a single article I read. I think the "taken out of context" excuse is often bullshit. Here - after reading the original article, he has a valid point. Now - of course you can still debate whether his objection to making the character of Mary Poppins transgender is a form of discrimination. That's fine. But the vast majority of commentary I've read on this doesn't focus on this but simply asserts his objection was to trans actors which puts words into his mouth that never appeared in the Telegraph article. Using that article to claim he thinks casting a transgender actor is gimmick requires a big stretch beyond his words while ignoring all the words he did say that don't support that interpretation. Holding someone accountable is fine - but do it for what someone does without exaggeration. It undermines everything and will make people skeptical of further claims of discrimination. To be clear - this is not to say that transgender discrimination is not a real issue in theater - as well as everywhere else - but a lot of the Macintosh coverage seems disingenuous. And one additional point - for anyone who simply read someone else's characterization of the article and never bothered to go back and read the original - is that not what we've just spend the last 4+ years yelling about - how so many people just take everything they read on the internet at face value without ever doing any sort of fact check? |
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