Re: Got lucky at the drive thru

On 2025-04-12, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 18:01:02 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
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On 4/12/2025 2:59 PM, Graham wrote:

 
Denzel Washington has starred in Macbeth so perhaps we shouldn't
criticise Laurence Olivier playing Othello in blackface,

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Alexander Hamilton was played on Broadway by Lin-Manual Miranda to huge
success.  He wasn't exactly the lily white British guy who took part in
the American Revolution in the 1770's.  Did anyone care about him
playing the part?  I certainly didn't give a moments thought to the
color of his skin.  By all accounts the play was a huge hit.

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It's a bit different with someone called Snow White. Just like it
would be strange to have a pirate called One-Legged Joe played by an
actor with two legs.

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Can you tell me the name of a one-legged actor who has played
Long John Silver?