| re: Martin McDonagh Says Theatres Have Refused His Plays, Calls It “A Dangerous Place For Writers” | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 03:39 pm EDT 04/10/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Martin McDonagh Says Theatres Have Refused His Plays, Calls It “A Dangerous Place For Writers” - Singapore/Fling 08:32 pm EDT 04/09/23 | |
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| But here again, a problematic choice of words if you ask me... "unflattering portrait"... who says any character, including characters who are female, non-white, and/or disabled, need their portrait drawn of them in a script to be "flattering" ? Let alone that it must exist to not affirm or reject "traditional patriarchal gender roles" etc? If it does indeed do those things, perhaps it doesn't need to be produced anymore because it no longer presents a recognizably worthwhile or nuanced view of society. Also, you are broadening and redefining the word "inclusive"... I get that it is used this way, but it also implies, as you used it, at least in my reading of it, that the goal and mandate of all things presented to any audience should be to include, or not exclude, as many peoples and types of people and experiences as possible. Yes I am ok with scrubbing racist things, if those in control of the work have approved any changes -- and if they haven't, then it only needs to be seen/produced/read by people who don't care or can keep it in its historical context. I am on board for many aspects of inclusivity but I think it's more tricky that you're painting it to be. What constitutes something being racist and worthy or erasure? Is a character who is racist needing to be erased from a play because we don't want racist people to exist? I doubt very much that the author who included them in the work did either. If the text promotes and upholds the racism of the character, that's another issue... and if it is a book, or the premise of a play, where the intent is actually racist, that's also another issue. Again, this is really only possible on a case by case basis. |
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