Re: MT VOID, 04/11/25 -- Vol. 43, No. 41, Whole Number 2375

The problem with color-blind casting is that the viewer doesn't
know whether the *character* is, e.g., African-American or not.  I
mention this because in TITANIC: THE MUSICAL we see a group of
second-class passengers including several characters from Ireland,
central Europe, and other places, and one of the characters is
played by an African-American.  I thought at first the character
was African-American, but then not only did she seem to be married
to a white man, but she was dancing with the white first-class men
and the white stewards, and I thought, "Well, either she's not
African-American, or they're confused about the social conditions
of the time."