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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw Frozen on Broadway and grown up Anna was played by a black actress.  She was great, but it was really confusing to watch.  The show started with a white 'young Anna' with red braids, then she was a black 'grown up Anna' with black braids, and then later white braids, and then young Anna with white skin and red braids appeared for a flashback scene at the end, before ending with grown up Anna with black braids again.  I loved the race blind casting of Kristoff, but couldn't get behind a character switching races during the show.  My 5 yo was really confused, too.  She asked me why Anna kept changing colors.  [/quote]

Wow.  That is very confusing.  Not to mention that Frozen takes place in Scandinavia.  Anyway, I saw an Imagination Stage production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.  Each of the four main characters was played by both an actor and a ballet dancer.  The actor and ballet dancer playing Edmond were of different races.  This was very confusing.  I would have been fine with a black Edmond, but both Edmonds should have been black![/quote]

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