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A high school cancelled a musical production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" because the student selected for the female lead is white. A black student who auditioned and was not selected started the the complaint with other students supporting her.
“It shows you that theater wasn’t made for you," the student told the Ithaca Journal. "And it shows you that, if you can’t get the parts that are written for you, what parts are you going to get?”
Student activists then banded together under the umbrella of Students United Ithaca and wrote a letter that included a list of demands, saying that, while the young lady cast as Esmeralda was “a stellar actor, singer, and dancer” any production would be “lucky to have,” she couldn’t be cast in this role because she is the “epitome of whiteness.”
It appears that race should trump talent when it comes to getting roles in stage productions in high schools. Diversity in the name of political correctness has gone too far. In the original manuscript, Esmerelda is an outcast because she is Romani and a gypsy. She was not black, but apparently the student who didn't get the role and those who support her want to believe Esmerelda was black and giving the role to a white girl is cultural appropriation.
In CW's "Supergirl" Jimmy Olsen is played by a black actor, but Jimmy was originally a white guy in the original Superman comic books. You don't see anyone complaining about that and accusing the production team of cultural appropriation.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/0...ical-after-white-student-lands-lead-role.html
“It shows you that theater wasn’t made for you," the student told the Ithaca Journal. "And it shows you that, if you can’t get the parts that are written for you, what parts are you going to get?”
Student activists then banded together under the umbrella of Students United Ithaca and wrote a letter that included a list of demands, saying that, while the young lady cast as Esmeralda was “a stellar actor, singer, and dancer” any production would be “lucky to have,” she couldn’t be cast in this role because she is the “epitome of whiteness.”
It appears that race should trump talent when it comes to getting roles in stage productions in high schools. Diversity in the name of political correctness has gone too far. In the original manuscript, Esmerelda is an outcast because she is Romani and a gypsy. She was not black, but apparently the student who didn't get the role and those who support her want to believe Esmerelda was black and giving the role to a white girl is cultural appropriation.
In CW's "Supergirl" Jimmy Olsen is played by a black actor, but Jimmy was originally a white guy in the original Superman comic books. You don't see anyone complaining about that and accusing the production team of cultural appropriation.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/0...ical-after-white-student-lands-lead-role.html
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