I went to see Phantom of the opera and

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Ajgoodfellow — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 06:51 AM)

The phantom was black. It was kind of weird. Also Christine was a Latina. It was the current national touring company.
Should non whites be cast as whites when there are so many real whites who could have played the role?
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The<>Mechanic — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 06:52 AM)

As long as they are capable of the role,why not.
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Ajgoodfellow — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 06:58 AM)

Well it takes place in France before the turn of the century. Pretty sure there weren't any black opera composers at that time.
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The<>Mechanic — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 07:02 AM)

Very good point, but times are a changing
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Ajgoodfellow — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 07:09 AM)

But there are like a ton of white actors who could have played the part to preserve the racial authenticity of the original source material. It's like when they cast a transgender person as a regular person. They could have just used a normal human instead of a freak. Why take roles away from regular people when there are so many to choose from?
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ITTY — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 07:03 AM)

Did you have a date or summin? Did you go alone?

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Ajgoodfellow — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 07:05 AM)

I have season tickets
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ITTY — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 07:14 AM)

Noice.