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February 09, 2006
Race And Casting
I don’t have any well-worked out theory regarding race and casting for theater, film or television, but I find the topic an interesting one nonetheless. The first time I can remember this sort of thing really striking me was when I saw Kenneth Branaugh’s Much Ado About Nothing, with Denzel Washington as Don Pedro. Again, his performance didn’t disturb me at all–it was excellent, in fact, and I suppose that playing him as a character from formerly Moorish Spain allowed for a little literary license in regards to race as well. But it still sticks out in my mind. Anyone care to contribute other examples of race-blind casting that worked well? Or that didn’t? And for that matter, any thoughts on how to justify doing so in the first place?
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Posted on February 9, 2006 10:42 PM by denzel218.
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Emilio Estevez in Repo Man. Emilio portrays a character that is 100% white. I don't think this was much of a stretch for Mr. Estevez. I'm like Emilio, I'm a white looking hispanic and it's actually harder for me to portray a hispanic than it is to portray a white person. This fact has done nothing but hurt my acting career. Blood in Blood out is one of the only movies that portrayed someone with a similar racial identity as me. This is a outrage!
Posted by: Bob Woodward at February 27, 2006 10:26 PM
