Rufus Hound in panto

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Hdhdjejdj · 07/09/2021 00:25

I saw on twitter that Rufus Hound has been attacked on twitter because of his part as Abanazar in Aladdin. He says that he applied eyeliner for the promotional poster in order to portray the fact he is the baddie, and that’s traditional in panto. He has been accused of ‘yellow face’ which he denies. What’s interesting is that there is no mention of the dames in the panto and one of the most vocal people ‘calling him out’ on twitter is himself a drag queen.

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Hdhdjejdj · 07/09/2021 08:56

The person who said this makes her head hurt is right.

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Palavah · 07/09/2021 08:53

Cross-dressing is traditional in pantomime - Principal Boy played by a woman and Dame played by a man. The former is much less common now though.

KaycePollard · 07/09/2021 08:50

Aladdin is one of the maddest most mixed up culturally appropriative stories around. But I'd say it's just terrifically English !

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Hdhdjejdj · 07/09/2021 08:43

I think Rufus Hound has said that the character is Arabic.

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VeruccaSalty · 07/09/2021 08:29

Ah I didn't know that, but now I think about it Widow Twanky is a not the most Arabic of sounding names...

NeverTalkToStrangers · 07/09/2021 08:17

Aladdin is one of the most high profile early cases of cultural appropriation. It's a Syrian tale set in the exotic Orient by someone who didn't know much about Chinese culture, which is why it's got a Sultan and a Grand Vizir and all the names are Arabic.

VeruccaSalty · 07/09/2021 08:11

How is Abanazar Chinese? Aladdin is a story from Arabian Nights

Babdoc · 07/09/2021 08:04

So it’s unacceptable cultural appropriation to dress up as, and mock, the Chinese, but hunky dory to dress up as, and mock, women. Yet again, women don’t count.

Summerdayshaze · 07/09/2021 02:28

Christ almighty

Hattie765 · 07/09/2021 00:27

FFS this makes my brain hurt.

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