Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read
Jonathan Pryce in yellowface in Miss Saigon, Mickey Rooney in yellowface in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Laurence Olivier in blackface in Othello, and the list goes on — see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/26-times-white-actors-played-people-of-color-and-no-one-really-gave-a-sht_us_56cf57e2e4b0bf0dab313ffc
and https://fairyprincessdiaries.com/2012/07/07/moises-kaufman-can-kiss-my-ass-heres-why/comment-page-1/
Your thoughts? If that is ok, then why aren’t there more Asian and Black actors/actresses playing Abraham Lincoln or Jackie Kennedy or Romeo?