[Livia]

I find it disturbing that a theatre can attempt to welcome only black people to a performance while at the same time casting black actors in roles clearly meant to be white characters. I saw a film recently where a black Guardsman was cast in Victorian times. The first black man entered the Guards in the 1986 and he had a bloody awful time. Pretending that there were black Guardsmen in Victoria's era is not only an insult to what he went through, it makes unthinking people imagine that it was true and everything was fine back then when the very reverse is true. For some people films will be the only history they ever get. I wonder why black people put up with it and don't demand that their history is not distorted. Casting black actors as members of English society in history is ridiculous, just as ridiculous as casting a Jew or a working class person. You can't have a discussion about this though, or you're racist.

We have some fine black actors in this country and seeing them in roles that are believable is great. But I saw The Mousetrap, about a middle-class group of people set in the 1940s and half the cast were black. I can suspend my disbelief, but not that far.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Livia

I find it disturbing that a theatre can attempt to welcome only black people to a performance while at the same time casting black actors in roles clearly meant to be white characters. I saw a film recently where a black Guardsman was cast in Victorian times. The first black man entered the Guards in the 1986 and he had a bloody awful time. Pretending that there were black Guardsmen in Victoria's era is not only an insult to what he went through, it makes unthinking people imagine that it was true and everything was fine back then when the very reverse is true. For some people films will be the only history they ever get. I wonder why black people put up with it and don't demand that their history is not distorted. Casting black actors as members of English society in history is ridiculous, just as ridiculous as casting a Jew or a working class person. You can't have a discussion about this though, or you're racist.

We have some fine black actors in this country and seeing them in roles that are believable is great. But I saw The Mousetrap, about a middle-class group of people set in the 1940s and half the cast were black. I can suspend my disbelief, but not that far.

You only need to look at google's AI image generator in action to know what is going on. You can't get it to generate a picture of a white person as that is not inclusive (and they don't even realise the irony of what they are saying)

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

You only need to look at google's AI image generator in action to know what is going on. You can't get it to generate a picture of a white person as that is not inclusive (and they don't even realise the irony of what they are saying)

Type into Google images - "stock image shoplifter"

[Beso]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Type into Google images - "stock image shoplifter"

Or mother Theresa fights poverty.

[DemRed]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Just identify as black on the night.

I literally spit my drink at this ^

[arista]

White Folks can go in Alternate days.

The Plays Producer told LBC

[Livia]

Legally, white folks, brown folks, blue folks any colour folks can go any time a performance is selling tickets to the public.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Not often we agree Mock

We might as well enjoy the ocassion.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Redway

For one night, Mock. They’re welcome to do an Asian or Hispanic night some other time but that’s just not what this is about.

Fair enough.

I personally believe that it causes more division, but time will tell I suppose.

[arista]

White Folks can go to the Theatre on Thurs and Saturdays
and other days

£32 to get into to see Slave

https://slaveplaylondon.com/your-visit/

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

Legally, white folks, brown folks, blue folks any colour folks can go any time a performance is selling tickets to the public.

Yes they state that
but on the black-only nights
they hope you will not

https://slaveplaylondon.com/your-visit/

[Redway]

This is it.

[Niamh.]

There is an International men's day btw ^^^

[Redway]

I actually kinda take Livia’s point about casting the right actor for the part when skin colour would make a realistic difference but I still can’t not be alright with this particular black-only night.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Redway

This is it.

"everyone gets the things they deserve"

and just who dictates what people "deserve"?



absolute nonsense

[Redway]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

"everyone gets the things they deserve"

and just who dictates what people "deserve"?



absolute nonsense

You being you wouldn’t exactly say anything else.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Redway

You being you wouldn’t exactly say anything else.

note you dont address the actual point

one imagines you cant

[Redway]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

note you dont address the actual point

one imagines you cant

You’re here to offer an opinion just like anyone else and that’s fine but there’s only so much I can engage with someone who doesn’t even have the type of purview to hear people out on this one and understand why people might back it up. You drop race-bait as a casual hobby.