Monochromatic Colorblind Casting

Morgana Wallace — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:06:10 +0000

In the performance world of theater, television, and film, casting without regard to actors’ race or the race of the characters they’ll be portraying is known as “colorblind casting.” It’s a common practice now on Broadway, with Filipina Lea Salonga portraying white French character of Éponine in ?Les Misérables? and Puerto Rican Lin-Manuel Miranda portraying the white founding father Alexander Hamilton, among many other people of color being cast to portray traditionally white roles. The ...

The Concept of White-Washing

VictoriaJean — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 15:25:20 +0000

“I have nothing against Black people. My coworker is Black and he speaks and dresses very well. He acts White. It’s the ones that walk around with their boxers out that I don’t like.” We’ve all heard someone say something like this at some point. One of my best friend’s Dad used to make comments like this all the time, and while it always made me somewhat uncomfortable, I never understood the extent of just ...

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Monochromatic Colorblind Casting

The Concept of White-Washing