Posted on 04/08/2024 9:23:28 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, starring alongside Tom Holland in "Romeo & Juliet," prompts The Jamie Lloyd Company to condemn racism and harassment in the industry.
Actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers will play Juliet in the London West End production of "Romeo & Juliet." Because Rivers is the leading lady, she’s been the target of ongoing racist online bullying. This role as Juliet is Amewudah-Rivers’ West End debut, and what a warm welcome. Amewudah-Rivers is starring alongside “Spider-Man” leading man Tom Holland as Romeo.
The Jamie Lloyd Company released a statement: "Following the announcement of our Romeo & Juliet cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop. We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment."
The company continued, "We will continue to support and protect everyone in our company at all costs. Any abuse will not be tolerated and will be reported. Bullying and harassment have no place online, in our industry or in our wider communities."
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Sounds like culture appropriation to me.
Or does that only work one way?
First thing they’ll do is attack the customer Oh wait they’re already attacking the customer ,LOL
Both are a little long in the tooth for the roles.
She doesn’t look Italian to me.....................
It’s as much a publicity stunt as it is DEI.
No such thing as bad publicity, as the saying goes.
Yo, Romy-yo! Wut up?
Yeah right, like anyone gives a damn. Let’s see the evidence
No one can play the part of Hamlet unless they are Danish.
Romeo where da fuq you at
The new lines will be: “Romeo. You my baby daddy. Where’s the support? Don’t make me go to Only Fans!”
They don’t sell entertainment anymore they sell Skin Color
She jus’ ugly.
The classics are old enough and specialized enough that we should let race go, I think.
But that means any race can play Othello in play or opera, the same for Turandot, Aida, Madame Butterfly, any creed can play Shylock. The Greek tragedies are open.
That said, this black actress is miscast for Juliet, I think. The role requires a physical delicacy that she does not have.
They are already predicting a box office failure and want to explain it away, as opposed to the real reasons.
They’re not even giving Romeo & Juliet a chance ,killing it before they kill themselves
Try to picture this: A KKK fan of Shakespeare
“Hey Billy Bob, we’re goin’ down to tha waterin’ hole, pops gots some new White lightnin’, you comin’?”
“No Jeb, I wanna continue my Shakespearean studies”
Later on:
“Whut tha?? Is that a N playin’ Juliet?? By gum, git tha hoods! We gonna burn some crosses!!”
She’s a big strapping girl with the hint of a mustache.
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