I love this and am curious to see what kind of talent shows up.
Especially in the tv/film world, but also in theatre (even though a little less bad) casting directors are so extremely arrogant and have tunnel vision and even preferred agents they only want to work with, that often the best talent is completely ignored.
This is a great chance for that talent (unless it's just a marketing stunt and the 3 finalists will be people they already know).
I think the filming of for example Miss Saigon was a fantastic idea. Finally the show comes out of its hiding place. There were only 2 English cd's, a good one from the 80's and a bad one from the 90's. Then the show closed in London in 1999 and then there was a 15 year long silence. It wasn't until 2014 with the revival that the hype around the show started to live again. But for a whole new generation it was a new show that they had never heard of. The branding for, let'
Fan123 said: "But I think it points to something we should all keep in mind: (teacher voice) if you advocate to silence 'offensive' discussions which you think shouldn't be happening, even with the best of intentions, then sooner or later those same considerations will be used by somebody else to silence discussions which you think should be happening. I think a lot of people (not here as such, but generally speaking) are going to be experiencing rude awakenings about tha
FindingNamo said: "I wonder the same about undercover vice cops who grope their own crotches in restrooms and bust the men who do the same thing in response."
Personally, I would never do such things in restrooms, but if a very attractive undercover cop would make advances like that and does what you describe above when I happen to be standing there, I might react in a way that is new to me, because the situation is not real. It is purposeful, unrealistic provoca
It is interesting to see how the laws differ between the USA and Europe. In Europe this would not be prosecutable, because the 14 year old boy simply did not exist, so it would be conceived as provocation. It was not a real scenario and there is no way to tell if the interaction would have been the same with a real boy, giving the same answers, making the same plans, etc. The man only showed interest. I think it's used mainly to map information abo
This is actually the first live-action remake that I'm really curious about.
The casting of Ariel is great, she does have this certain quality in her voice that reminds me of the old Disney classics (Snow white, Cinderella, Ariel), and her type/balance between the sweetness and rebellious teenager seems to be fitting too. All the previous options mentioned for the role didn't have any of that and sounded uninteresting to me.
About the article, I assume the writer is banned from theatre after that? That is one of the most rude articles I have read. Who does the writer think she is?
"my mother is doing what black folks do at a musical, she sang along."
"And then from two rows in front of me, a balding white man turns towards my mother and says, “SHUSH!”
jimmycurry01 said: "I thought the racial devide between the Egyptians and Nubians was meant to be acommentary on slavery and racial tension. Was that not the point of the piece, as well as the point in casting the show the way it was cast?"
Exactly. The show is written in this accurate way for a reason. To show what happened then.
Why on earth should we allow recent racism of color and job counting to change the show now?
Bwaydreamer3 said: "I would still love to see an all black cast of Aida. I know its been done before but I really think that would elevate the show to a new level."
Why?
Black people were used as slaves by white people. That is what the whole story is about. Aida is Radames' slave at first and then they fall in love.
Tomb paintings show white Egyptians using black Nubians as slaves. It is the whole point of the story of the show and also truthf
In 2017 a genetic study was conducted on mummies from northern Egypt, which constituted "the first reliable data set obtained from ancient Egyptians using high-throughput DNA sequencing methods." The study of 83 mummies, of which three were tested for sub Saharan African ancestry, showed that Ancient Egyptians had significantly more affinity with Europeans than with sub-Saharan Africans.
There were indeed many black people too, as seen in tomb paintings and rel
It must be a revelation for directors and producers to find out that some people can actually "act through song" on screen instead of "act in spite of song".
We have known that for years. Finally we can have a musical movie where the artform feels natural again. Tom Hooper must be completely confused and numbed by this news.
Hooper recorded his actors live on set with Les Miserables"
Which did not work at all. This artform is based on sung thoughts, a disconnect from reality is what creates emotions for the audience. Non-literal. Pre-recorded is essential because it creates the magic, better than life feel, that this language needs on screen. It's not literal dialogue, it's soaring thoughts.
I think one can discriminate with words. And aside from that, she has seriously damaged the show and the business and audiences interest with these words and her following actions, which in itself should be covered by a clause in the contract. Also, threatening your employers and insulting your co-workers is usually a quite unsustainable situation.
I could also see this escalating even more, for example other actors walking out if she stays, or cancelling the whole production. Mayb
