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Chitown Kev

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17. Well, In Williams' case

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #16)

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 07:13 PM

Nov 2015

there's also the specificity regarding the stage directions.

As someone who has done dramaturgy, though, that would actually be a significant statement by the author when she talked about what her mother said about Dr. King's "chocolate" skin...the author even raised an eyebrow at the idea of a light-skinned Dr. King (and, FTR, I think that I agree with the author on that point).

Even in her statement, she didn't seem inherently opposed to the idea of a white King on stage; she resented not being asked about it and I can certainly feel her on that point.

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Playwright Reacts to the White Casting of MLK in The Mountaintop [View all] Kind of Blue Nov 2015 OP

Is this a thing of late, to push boundaries on the stage? In the new musical play HAMILTON, MADem Nov 2015 #1

It has always been a thing to push boundaries on the stage, elehhhhna Nov 2015 #2

I get that but it's surprising the director Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #4

itbwould have been appropriate to ask. true. elehhhhna Nov 2015 #7

As far as "Hamilton," I haven't read anything Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #3

I feel like some white people go out of their way to Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #5

I so agree with you on that! nt MADem Nov 2015 #6

What's really crazy is that the director is a black man. Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #8

Wow, sorry, I just assumed! Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #9

Oh, no problem. That's understandable. Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #10

Such a weird and fascinating subject. Thanks for posting this! Number23 Nov 2015 #11

Goodness, if I had read that a month ago Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #12

For a limited theater production (especially in a college theater) Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #13

Not without the living author's consent. Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #14

I understand the playwright's POV Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #15

Mr. Williams was probably granted his Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #16

Well, In Williams' case Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #17

Not opposed? Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #18

I read this story at the Guardian Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #19

Agreed that she didn't but he blew it Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #20

Especially with a casting like that Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #23

Exactly! Little known activism going on Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #24

Everybody gonna be Brown soon anyway. Cant happen soon enough randys1 Nov 2015 #21

LOL! Oh, randys1. You're a trip n/t Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #22

I read the headline quickly lovemydog Nov 2015 #25