Posted on 08/23/2019 12:39:44 PM PDT by Borges
A West End musical about a Jewish family is at the centre of a row over cultural appropriation, with critics saying the lack of Jewish involvement in the production is typical of an industry that sidelines talent from the community.
Falsettos, which is coming to London after a successful Broadway run, debuted in 1992 and follows a dysfunctional Jewish family as they come to terms with the Aids crisis. Both its composer and lyricist, William Finn, and the original director and co-writer, James Lapine, are Jewish.
More than 20 Jewish actors and playwrights, including Miriam Margolyes and Maureen Lipman, signed an open letter, which said the producers demonstrated “a startling lack of cultural sensitivity and at worst, overt appropriation and erasure of a culture and religion increasingly facing a crisis”.
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I wonder how they'd fancy THAT..?
They do that all the time, right..?
Well either way they’re just a@@holes.
Boy some Jews and Blacks and Spanish and Asian bitching about misappropriation.
There’s been a million Insulting Italian plays and musicals that show our worst side.
I couldn’t give sh.t
It doesn’t define me and I just don’t care.
I’m Shocked that Jewish people would do this though.
I’m shocked than Jews and Asians vote majority dem
They need to stop crying like they are just like blacks and spanish because they are insulting THEMSELVES and ITS NOT TRUE.
Being a victim is the BEST thing one can achieve these days, it seems.
Oh and by the way Jewish folks should know they ARE HATED, but not by who they think.
The stunning success of the Jewish American story is in a league of its own.
It’s like some of them are embarrassed of it sometimes.
They shouldn’t be.
I know white Christians harmed them terribly in the past but it’s time to give white Christians another chance
And if gentiles for some inexplicable reason want to perform a musical about poofs who happen to be Jewish, who the heck cares?
JEWS do.
"Sacred cows make the best hamburger..!"
But, eh....juuuuust so long as they're YOUR cows. Then it's cute and witty.
NOT their cows, though, see..?
Ok. So everyone involved in any “play” is Appropriating the Greeks then I guess?
Was this musical written by that New York Times editor that hates Jews?
Most of the women who played Dolly Levi weren’t Jewish either.
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