The Telegraph's reporting of Okonedo's win = WTF?

[StageManager2]

British actress Sophie Okonedo has won the Tony award for best performance by an actress in a play with her Broadway debut in A Raisin in the Sun.

She beat co-star Anika Noni Rose, a previous Tony winner who plays the Jinni in Aladdin.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/10885750/Tony-Awards-2014-Sophie-Okonedo-takes-home-best-performance-award.html

[hundredsofhats]

The power of proofreading.

[MaddieBB12]

That is really embarrassing.

[getlucky2]

lmao. that is really sad. Did they watch the telecast? They don't know that Anika is a WOMAN and the MAN who plays the Genie in Aladdin actually won that night in a different category?

[LizzieCurry]

And what the hell is a Jinni?

[Gothampc]

"She beat co-star Anika Noni Rose, a previous Tony winner who plays the Jinni in Aladdin."

Why didn't someone call the police? I hope Anika didn't suffer any cuts or bruises.

[Mr. Nowack]

It says co-star, but lists her as performing in a different show?

[getlucky2]

"And what the hell is a Jinni?"

LOL I'm screaming.

[devonian.t]

What an utter shambles. I hate The Telegraph. Not quite as much as The Daily Mail, but it's not far behind. Hateful, everything-phobic mouthpiece of the far right.

[uncageg]

Getlucky, I literally spit the tea out of my mouth that I was drinking from laughing when I read your comment. Cleaing my screen now!

[carlodowd]

Oh god!

[evic]

Whoever wrote this was evidently drunk and probably raved about Charlie and Chocolate Factory.

[Emmaloucbway]

I think we've found this year's "Trip to Beautiful Pippin."

[bwayto]

I emailed the telegraph to let them know of the error. They've fixed it.

However, it turns out Jinni is the traditional Arabic spelling and is a real word. Their editor pointed it out to me.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/304033/jinni

[ChairinMain]

The archiac spelling of the word would be "Djinn", actually.

[GreatWhiteGay]

Imagining Anika Noni Rose as the Genie...not hating it