Do you think it matters if the ethnicity of an actor matches the character they playing or fits in with the era/location of the play?
The human in me says no it doesn't matter at all.
The artist in me says it's very important to be authentic.
At the moment I think the artistic part is winning but I feel like I ought to fight against that for the purposes of equal opportunities.
AIBU
(nb, I'm not talking about school plays or amateur plays, I cast both of these based almost purely on talent and a little on personality but never on appearance. I'm talking about professional theatre - which I certainly don't have any jurisdiction over so it's all hypothetical really!)
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Ethnicity considerations in casting (theatre)
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manicinsomniac · 29/03/2015 22:56
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