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[Zigenare]

Yay, I'm representative! Except the dog. I have a cat. And it's black.

Mind you, you rarely see my family's particular ethnic mix.

So you're not then, are you?
Has anyone else ever referred to you as "thick as mince"?

[NotAllThere]

So you're not then, are you?
Has anyone else ever referred to you as "thick as mince"?

Only you. But i put it down to you being an utterly humourless nurk, as a certain Norman Fletcher might have said.

2/3 aint bad.

[AtW]

MF is now a mod there?

[vetran]

I can understand what you are saying, but we are talking about actors playing roles.
The audience are there to see a role being played. The actor is there to play the role. The ethnicity, religion, physical ability, etc of an actor should not prevent them being considered for a role, in my opinion

If its a historic drama King Henry the 8th being Chinese or Filipino is probably a challenge.

[vetran]

MF is now a mod there?

They brought out the BIG GUNS?

[WTFH]

If its a historic drama King Henry the 8th being Chinese or Filipino is probably a challenge.

A challenge to 21st century Englishmen, or a challenge to the actor's ability to deliver a role?

Should the role only be delivered in the language used at the time, or is it allowed to be interpreted into something more modern?
If a historic drama features Henry's first wife, must that be done in Latin, with some English in her latter years?
Or wife #4 speaking only a German dialect?

Must a drama be 100% accurate on everything or is it only skin colour that causes a problem?

[Gibbon]

A challenge to 21st century Englishmen, or a challenge to the actor's ability to deliver a role?

Should the role only be delivered in the language used at the time, or is it allowed to be interpreted into something more modern?
If a historic drama features Henry's first wife, must that be done in Latin, with some English in her latter years?
Or wife #4 speaking only a German dialect?

Must a drama be 100% accurate on everything or is it only skin colour that causes a problem?

You really are quite manipulative, dropping the historic shows a intellectual dishonesty, putting 100% in provokes an absolute ridiculousness of which no-one is projecting.

[WTFH]

You really are quite manipulative, dropping the historic shows a intellectual dishonesty, putting 100% in provokes an absolute ridiculousness of which no-one is projecting.

The word “historic” could appear in both, that I didn’t repeat it is purely from my typing, not some kind of point-scoring exercise.
You are really quite evasive, showing a dishonesty to address the issue - is it just skin colour of an actor that is the problem, or is it accent and language at the time a drama was originally written or performed?

Why do you want to change the subject to project blame onto me, I’ve only asked a simple question that seems to cause you to go into meltdown.

[Zigenare]

The word “historic” could appear in both, that I didn’t repeat it is purely from my typing, not some kind of point-scoring exercise.
You are really quite evasive, showing a dishonesty to address the issue - is it just skin colour of an actor that is the problem, or is it accent and language at the time a drama was originally written or performed?

Why do you want to change the subject to project blame onto me, I’ve only asked a simple question that seems to cause you to go into meltdown.

You're busy trying to provoke what you deem would be a racist reponse from people who are blatantly not racist. Your use of manipulative language to try and back people into a corner isn't clever, you're just being a twat.

How about a remake of Roots with an all white cast? Any shouts of "cultural appropriation" from the cheap seats?

[NotAllThere]

How about a remake of Roots with an all white cast?

In keeping with the discussion, it wouldn't be an all-white cast, it would be a cast without concern for ethnicity.

However, since Roots is about origins and ethnicity I'm not sure it would work. Shakespeare etc. generally work regardless of ethnicity of the actors.

Anyway - this thread has totally derailed so I'm closing it now.