Posted on 12/11/2019 6:29:44 PM PST by EdnaMode
The audition date was set.
On Dec. 4, students at Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford, N.Y., would have the chance to flaunt their vocal chops with the hopes of landing a role in the drama club’s highly anticipated spring musical: Disney’s “Tarzan.”
But just days before the scheduled tryouts, administrators announced a change of plans. Instead of “Tarzan,” the Westchester County high school would be putting on a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”
The reason for the abrupt change? Two parents complained about racism. “The concerns were over the original story line behind ‘Tarzan of the Apes,’ ” Elmsford Union Free School District Superintendent Marc P. Baiocco told the Journal News, referencing Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story, which was first published in 1912.
Baiocco added that the parents were also troubled by the possibility that nonwhite students would appear as apes onstage. According to state education data, the district that includes Alexander Hamilton serves a diverse student population. More than 50 percent of students are Hispanic or Latino and about 23 percent are black or African American.
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Yeah and Sally Field played her true self.
Don’t Darwin enthusiasts consider everyone to be descendants of apes?
I guess you didn't get the memo:
Mayor Calls Barack Obama ‘Monkey Man,’ & Michelle Obama ‘Gorilla Face
Russian Media Continues to Mock Obama With Monkey Comparisons
North Korea calls US President Barack Obama a ‘monkey’
A museum in China put on an exhibit called “This is Africa” that compares Africans to animals
That’s why it is out of business. Great food and Sambo was named for the founders...
Who was going to play the monkey part?
“Two parents complained about racism”
And no one would tell them to go soak their heads?
Keep giving into this snowflake/whining crowd and you will get even more of the same nonsense.
As liberal as Robin Williams was, a lot of his material would be deemed anti-PC today.
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