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

On 4/14/2025 5:35 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:

Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:

The problem with color-blind casting is that the viewer doesn't
know whether the *character* is, e.g., African-American or not.

 I agree.  I wonder how many viewers of _Bridgerton_ have been left
with the mistaken impression that George III's wife Charlotte was black.
 It would hardly be any more inaccurate to cast a black actor as George
Washington and white actors as his slaves.

Back in the early 80s, I saw a production of Ted Tally's play "Terra
Nova". about the Scott Antarctic  expedition. The lead (Scott) was
played by an African-American actor. This was a little jarring at
first, but rapidly became irrelevant.
Unless the race of the character is part of the story, I don't
see that it matters. Oddly, in Bridgerton (I only watched the
first season), race is mentioned at least once.
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