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| re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 01:30 pm EDT 05/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" - TheHarveyBoy 01:23 pm EDT 05/17/23 | |
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| The comments on the article are also worth reading for a fuller range of opinions. | |
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| re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 05:56 pm EDT 05/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" - MockingbirdGirl 01:30 pm EDT 05/17/23 | |
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| Thanks for steering me to the comments in the NYT. The discussion there was quite interesting. Bill, in San Diego |
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| re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" | |
| Posted by: huskyital 11:30 pm EDT 05/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" - BillEadie 05:56 pm EDT 05/17/23 | |
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| For true diversity, we would need to follow the racial make up of the country. Blacks make up 12% of the population and Hispanics make up 18%. In 2023 in New York on Broadway and off Broadway. This is not the case. There should be diversity on the stage, as there is in the country, but the Director and producer should cast the best person for the part. The paying audience deserves the best.. | |
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| re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:39 am EDT 05/18/23 | |
| In reply to: re: NYT's Ethicist column: "Our Theater is Fighting About Diversity. Who’s Right?" - huskyital 11:30 pm EDT 05/17/23 | |
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| The subject here, as I understand it, is color-blind casting. The basic premise of color-blind casting is that it is not based on formulas or percentages but on who is "best." The challenge this prompts is that "best" is inherently subjective. In turn, this asks what we know about the director and producer to whom you are giving this power. Are they white? Are they white supremacists? Does their orientation bend toward a Western European sensibility? Where is the paying audience and how do they define best. Does a lily white audience in Mississippi "deserve" a white cast because they think white is best? I could of course let that play out with any race in the driver's seat. However we slice and dice it, this is not a question that admits of simplistic answers. |
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