Just Jack Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 because the cast is not diverse enough.... https://ithacavoice.com/2018/01/ithaca-high-school-cancels-spring-play-in-wake-of-student-diversity-demands/
DC Tom Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, Just Jack said: because the cast is not diverse enough.... https://ithacavoice.com/2018/01/ithaca-high-school-cancels-spring-play-in-wake-of-student-diversity-demands/ Quote it was announced that this year’s school play [...] was going to be The Hunchback of Notre Dame. [...] [R]ole of Esmeralda, an oppressed French-Roma ‘gypsy’ woman living in Paris [...] ...Esmeralda went to, ‘a very talented but miscast 11th grade, blonde haired, hazel-eyed girl, a white young woman’. Ruina said she dropped out of the play after the cast list was finalized. “I didn’t want to be a part of something like that, where the whole thing was just whitewashed,” Ruina said. “When you put a white girl as a role that was written for a person of color, (POC) What the !@#$? Since when is French-Roma "person of color?"
row_33 Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 Facts have no bearing on those seeking a godlesss self-righteous demonstration of every thought.
keepthefaith Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 First we have to define person of color. The US Census categorizes middle easterners as white. https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html
TakeYouToTasker Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 We should just go ahead and cancel the rest of the world just to be on the safe side at this point.
Chef Jim Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 Hey Ruina. !@#$ Harvey Weinstein next time you want the role. Color gots nothing to do with it. Learn the game. 1
row_33 Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 I guess those of us with conservative mindsets will have to keep on keeping on with our jobs and church and families and charity anyway.... ruined by the millions and rescued one person at a time...
3rdnlng Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, Tiberius said: The students canceled or the school did? Hey dumbass, have you figured out why everyone that shows up on your laptop screen has some sort of sticky cream all over their face, or their arm, or their chest?
B-Man Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 Time to break this out again........................ 2 1
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 One of the students said there were fears it was going to be a "bloodbath" over the role. The whole thing shoulda been shutdown before they ever cast it. Now you got some real bad mojo with the cancellation of the play. 10s of people are theatrically f%#ed. Ithaca is really East Compton.
row_33 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 43 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: One of the students said there were fears it was going to be a "bloodbath" over the role. The whole thing shoulda been shutdown before they ever cast it. Now you got some real bad mojo with the cancellation of the play. 10s of people are theatrically f%#ed. Ithaca is really East Compton. That is truly awful and sad.
shrader Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 I'm still trying to figure out why they went with a show that is offensive to the physically handicapped. They probably should have changed the name.
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 13 hours ago, shrader said: I'm still trying to figure out why they went with a show that is offensive to the physically handicapped. They probably should have changed the name. The Regularback of Notre Dame? Casting call goes out for an average non-gender-specific person, average height, weight just about average. Works at the post office. Has a pretty good life but suffers from bunions. Anyone can can play that part....anyone. 21st century brilliance.
DC Tom Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 I'm going to write a play for the new millenium: 90 minutes of an empty stage that no one can find offensive.
Azalin Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, DC Tom said: I'm going to write a play for the new millenium: 90 minutes of an empty stage that no one can find offensive. Sounds good in theory, but if I bought a ticket and saw 90 minutes of nothing on an empty stage, I'm pretty sure I'd be offended enough to want a refund. In fact, I find the very idea offensive.
Deranged Rhino Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, Azalin said: Sounds good in theory, but if I bought a ticket and saw 90 minutes of nothing on an empty stage, I'm pretty sure I'd be offended enough to want a refund. In fact, I find the very idea offensive.
Koko78 Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 25 minutes ago, DC Tom said: I'm going to write a play for the new millenium: 90 minutes of an empty stage that no one can find offensive. So you're not going to include people of color in your new production? That's offensive.
DC Tom Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 45 minutes ago, Azalin said: Sounds good in theory, but if I bought a ticket and saw 90 minutes of nothing on an empty stage, I'm pretty sure I'd be offended enough to want a refund. In fact, I find the very idea offensive. And you wouldn't get a refund, as in demanding one you would demonstrate that you understood and partook in the very nature of the play: the show is not the stage, but the audience reaction to it. You know that bull **** would sell to the New York theater crowd.
/dev/null Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 8 hours ago, DC Tom said: I'm going to write a play for the new millenium: 90 minutes of an empty stage that no one can find offensive. How may trees did you cut down to build the stage? How many petroleum byproducts were used in construction Did you pay a living wage to your workers How diverse was your construction crew? Did you purchase construction materials from or at any point do business with Israel or a company affiliated with Trump?
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