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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is that where they make up a fake black ancestry for Charlotte to make the woke people happy?[/quote]

What are you babbling about? It's fiction.[/quote]

King George III and his wife Queen Charlotte are real people. Charlotte was a German princess with a thoroughly German ancestry. For some reason she is black in Bridgerton. [/quote]

You’re so ignorant.  For some reason? We aren’t in the 1960s anymore John or Karen.  Many folks wouldn’t be watching this if there were [b]only pasty white people[/b] playing the parts. It’s far more interesting this way whether you like it or not. The writer is so influential (she makes networks lots of money) that she can write and cast however she wants. [/quote]

"Pasty white people"????

I agree with the PP... somehow I doubt that you would support a show where white people played the part of African leaders (and please don't bring up Cleopatra; who is widely believed to be Greek Macedonian and the DNA in Egyptian mummies so far has been Semitic, not sub-Saharan.)  This new trend only goes one way... POC can play any white character (not only "can," but it is lauded), while movies and shows are cancelled if white people portray any other race.  Yes, Europeans and European Americans have cultures and yes, they can be proud of those cultures, and there is nothing boring or "pasty" about that.  Although I think acting is called acting and believe that anyone can take on a role, if you won't accept that, then white people should be playing white people.  [/quote]

NP.

The difference is that white people have oppressed and excluded POC (and women) in the performing arts for centuries.

So it’s not equivalent at all. 
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People who post garbage like the above also complain about why there are Black or Women’s student societies or professional organizations but nothing for White Men. Ummm because whole world belongs to White Men!

I support any initiative that gets more roles for POC actors. Whether that is making high-quality productions about long ago Africa, India, China. Or stories about long-ago Europe but with Hamilton/Bridgerton type of diverse casting. I don’t even need an explanation of why certain people are a certain race. The recent Persuasion movie did diverse casting and didn’t bother to explain. I disliked aspects of that movie but I liked that.[/quote]

It's called fake history. Yes, it is fake to show a diverse cast for an Austen production.

I'm sure you wouldn't be saying the same thing if we had a diverse cast playing an African village or Zulu warriors, eh? Come on, 'fess up. Not the same thing, right? Eh? [/quote]

It's fiction. Not a documentary. You're gonna be ok, I promise.

And if you don't understand the power imbalance and lack of representation in entertainment and why your example would NOT fly (nor should it) now, then there's not a reasonable conversation to be had. Go back and look at all of the white people who HAVE played non-white characters, and the use of blackface in entertainment. Maybe that will make you a little less ignorant. [/quote]

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