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Was Margaret Queen Of England Black?
imagine the uproar if Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King were portrayed by a white actor.
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I personally couldn't care less but I find it amusing that this colour situation is being dismissed as 'get over it' yet were a white actor to play a black character the heavens would fall in. The inevitable hypocrisy.
21:08 Thu 01st Feb 2018
Sammy Davis wasn't born a Jew, he converted, and of course he didn't need to black up,
you are on about one of the great entertainers of all time.
By the way Jolson did everything in his power, which was considerable, to forward black entertainers in show business at a time when it wasn't the done thing.
you are on about one of the great entertainers of all time.
By the way Jolson did everything in his power, which was considerable, to forward black entertainers in show business at a time when it wasn't the done thing.
I saw this when it was aired twenty months ago.
Oscar-nominated Sophie Okonedo OBE was stunning in it. You know when someone is so mesmerising that they bring Shakespearean language to life, when they make it feel relevant...that's how I felt about her performance.
For those of us who don't sit around waiting to be offended by something (and we all know that's the world we live in today), someone's race is of little importance when consuming art.
I felt the same when I watched Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio are less than Italian) and Gladiator (Roman gladiators unlike Russell Crowe were neither Australian nor fat).
I suppose there are those who focus more on the exterior, rather than the acting.
Must be tiring.
Oscar-nominated Sophie Okonedo OBE was stunning in it. You know when someone is so mesmerising that they bring Shakespearean language to life, when they make it feel relevant...that's how I felt about her performance.
For those of us who don't sit around waiting to be offended by something (and we all know that's the world we live in today), someone's race is of little importance when consuming art.
I felt the same when I watched Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio are less than Italian) and Gladiator (Roman gladiators unlike Russell Crowe were neither Australian nor fat).
I suppose there are those who focus more on the exterior, rather than the acting.
Must be tiring.
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