Is it racist for a white person to paint their face black/brown for fancy dress?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

8 minutes ago, SasaS said:

What about Othello? Is the role now reserved for black actors only, or are productions now "colour-blind"? Presumably, you are not allowed to black up any more?

 

 

You're allowed, but you have to accept you'll be criticised.

 

Fun fact about Othello: the first black actor to play him on a British stage was Paul Robeson, 4 or 5 centuries after the play was written. 

[SasaS]

By allowed, I mean, is it still done?

So, is it wrong, is it only for black actors, or should it be treated as colour-blind?

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Given the history of experimentation with Shakespeare, I don't think there are any rules as to who can play which roles.

 

Just don't black up to do it.

[cloggypop]

I've heard they let women play Lady Macbeth these days. 

[aRdja]

2 hours ago, Section_31 said:

But he's black? What's wrong with someone being black and someone trying to look like them by also being black?

Just the historical context of blacking up IMO. I personally, wouldn’t feel comfortable seeing kids squinting their eyes if they wanted to imitate their fav footballer Son Heung-Min for example despite not being of East Asian origin.

[Bjornebye]

17 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

I've heard they let women play Lady Macbeth these days. 

PC gone fucking bonkers 

[cloggypop]

It will be Chinese actors playing Wishy Washy in Aladdin before you know it. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

14 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

PC gone fucking bonkers 

 

Women will be playing Dames next. I wonder if vegetarian leather fetish people wear real leather? It’s PVC gone mad.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

It might be one for the guilty pleasures thread, but I still enjoy a Charlie Chan film.

[Bjornebye]

A spider played the spider in Charlottes web. Still freaks my nut out to this day. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

2 hours ago, SasaS said:

By allowed, I mean, is it still done?

So, is it wrong, is it only for black actors, or should it be treated as colour-blind?

I'd have no qualms about a white  (or Asian or whatever) actor playing him, without the need to black up.  Even though the "otherness" of him being a Moor is a key part of his character, the audience's familiarity with Shakespeare means, in my opinion (other opinions are available) it's OK to experiment with the casting. I've seen women playing Hamlet, Prospero and Richard II, so why not?

[Mook]

Remember this Darius classic? he knew the fucking score...

 

 

[Bjornebye]

16 minutes ago, Mook said:

Remember this Darius classic? he knew the fucking score...

 

 

Who could forget that ...

[Strontium]

The irony of Darius changing his surname from Danesh to Campbell to disguise his ethnic roots shouldn't be lost here.

[Numero Veinticinco]

9 minutes ago, Strontium Dog said:

The irony of Darius changing his surname from Danesh to Campbell to disguise his ethnic roots shouldn't be lost here.

I looked at his wiki. His name was Darius Campbell-Danesh. He dropped the Campbell on X-Factor. 

 

The I saw it. The cunt was married to Natasha Henstridge. 

[Mook]

6 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

I looked at his wiki. His name was Darius Campbell-Danesh. He dropped the Campbell on X-Factor. 

 

The I saw it. The cunt was married to Natasha Henstridge. 

Correction, he was married to Natasha Campbell-Henstridge-Danesh.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Just now, Mook said:

Correction, he was married to Natasha Campbell-Henstridge-Danesh.

Correction, he changed his name to Darius Henstridge. 

[Mook]

3 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Correction, he changed his name to Darius Henstridge. 

The ethic roots disguising cunt.

[Numero Veinticinco]

1 minute ago, Mook said:

The ethic roots disguising cunt.

It’s all because he hates those... erm... Scottish Hindus? 

[Mook]

2 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

It’s all because he hates those... erm... Scottish Hindus? 

Scottish Hindus ya bas...

 

[Numero Veinticinco]

I don’t speak Muslin. Speak American, boy. 

[Strontium]

He was always known as Darius Danesh on Pop Idol etc. I understand why he dropped the Iranian name for his mum's maiden name to try and break America. It's still a bit sad.

[Numero Veinticinco]

12 minutes ago, Strontium Dog said:

He was always known as Darius Danesh on Pop Idol etc. I understand why he dropped the Iranian name for his mum's maiden name to try and break America. It's still a bit sad.

But his birth name was... fuck it. Can’t be bothered about arguing that cunt.

[SasaS]

4 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

But his birth name was...

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?

[Bjornebye]

Darius is definitely an unexpected addition to this thread.