[goldendelicious]

[BenLurkin]

It’s theater. Nobody cares what the performers look like. It’s acting and singing which matter

[goldendelicious]

It's perfect casting. I, for one, can't tell the difference.

[Simon Green]

It’s “color blind” casting in the theater today, unless the the role is one traditionally played by a person of color...in which case it must be played by someone of the “correct” ethnicity.

[Simon Green]

Elsa and Anna's father is played by James Brown III:

[Cronos]

Big deal. It's not history, its a musical. As long as he can sing, act and dance to entertain, that's enough.

Thoughtomator - this isn't a historical biography. Even a musical on Ali could have Barbara Streisand if it was purely entertainment.

And to Simon Green "t's now like reverse racism; actors "of color" can play any part, but white actors can't. " -- I give you

A white dude playing the part of a brown dude

Or white dudes playing Egyptian gods

A white lady playing the part of a Japanese lady
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ok, granted, that was a fictional character

Then there is Khan Noonien Singh - suppose of Indian descent but played by the very English Benedict Cumberbatch

In all of these cases there were howls of whitewashing just as goldendelicious is now talking about a black dude playing a white dude.