Casting News: Sophie Okonedo as Queen Margret
Sophie Okonedo (a period film belle) will be playing Queen Margaret aka Margaret of Anjou aka Queen of Englang!! This is an exciting casting.
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Character Posters from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.
It is historically inaccurate and a travesty. This is typical BBC propaganda to make people think that blacks are indigenous to Britain. If a white actor played a 'black' part it would be all over the news.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment! However, I do think you’re going a bit far to consider her casting ‘propaganda to make people think that blacks are indigenous to Britain’. I highly doubt the casting of a biracial woman will convince anyone that the indigenous people of Britain are black. Most likely the casting was done in an attempt to appeal to a 'wider modern' audience. But I do see why it would upset some. I enjoy accurate casting especially when it involves actual people that have lived at one point or another.
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