Posted on 12/18/2020 12:31:22 PM PST by MarvinStinson
The Centre of Fine Arts in Brussels announced the celebration of the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven by posting a portrait of the composer as a black African man.
The centre, also known as BOZAR, published a post on Wednesday of a still from a video entitled “Black Beethoven” by American artist Terry Adkins, which features a portrait of the late 18th and early 19th-century composer depicted a young black man with dreadlocks.
“In the work, Adkins presents a portrait of the iconic composer that slowly morphs into that of a young black man with short dreadlocks and back again. The repeated transformation of the image conveys Adkins’s unwillingness to settle the debate on Beethoven’s race,” the post explained.
In response to the mostly negative comments on the post, BOZAR added another post stating that the centre wanted to “be a place of art and culture open to all audiences, reflecting the diversity of Brussels and our society”.
The conspiracy theory that claims the German composer was a sub-Saharan African man, or had any recent African ancestry at all, has been thoroughly debunked.
Over the last several years, a trend has emerged in film and television to portray historical or fictional white European figures, as being performed by black or other ethnic minority actors.
Earlier this year it was announced that black actress Jodie Turner-Smith would be playing English Tudor queen and wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, in a television drama commissioned by Britain’s Channel 5.
In 2018, the BBC made a similar move in the Iliad, which featured black actors in several major roles, including the legendary Greek hero Achilles.
The Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield was also cast with British-Indian actor Dev Patel as the titular character.
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If it’s white, then it ain’t right, eh?
This is a project for all you computer savvy people. Go for it. All I’M going to say is, big deal. I can do better. I knew a black man who was actually a country music star (RIP Charlie Pride)
Cultural appropriation
If that is like Barack Obama’s presidential portrait, it was painted in China.
Adolph Hitler was yet another White Devil but Farrakhan and the other NOIds agree with his anger against the Jews.
Pssst. Black parents of famous black musicians didn’t want their kids learning to play Ragtime piano, blues, rock and roll, etc. either.
The Woke Left tell us that it was uptight white folk who went into a panic. All of it was juke joint music before Leiber and Stohler dumbed it down with Charlie Brown he is a clown dooot dooot doo doot doo doot doo dooo for school kids and soda shops.
Was it rock and roll or was it jump blues? Was it R&B?
What IS the first rock and roll song?
And if you look at artists like Little Richard there are quite a few past date covers in his songbook (Baby Face, Keep A Knockin’,...).
Well as they say we ALL come from Mother Africa (or was it China?)
Well as they say we ALL come from Mother Africa (or was it China?)
stop appropriating white culture !
Breitbart is nothing more than a hack political Mad Magazine on the web looking for clicks.
Damn these traitors.
Wrong hair.
A number of “white” Americans and Europeans have some African ancestry, but grow up in a white Western society. Perhaps Beethoven, the Dumas father and son were examples; Hamilton, born in the Caribbean, was accused of having black ancestors by political enemies. By some miraculous process female house slaves in America became lighter each generation until they were accepted as family members (which genetically they were). My maternal landless great grandfather (primogeniture law) married a “white lady” with some African ancestry. Her dowry included about 400 acres, a large house, and six slaves; one of whom was her close companion and perhaps her half sister. My mother said, “Many old southern families have a touch of the tarbrush.”
I recently read that Hollywierd exces have signed up to make all productions 25% Black cast members. This is to start next year and progress. This means we’ll see a lot more of this race switching.
For the 96th Oscars (2024), a film must meet TWO out of FOUR of the following standards to be deemed eligible:
STANDARD A: ON-SCREEN REPRESENTATION, THEMES AND NARRATIVES
To achieve Standard A, the film must meet ONE of the following criteria:
A1. Lead or significant supporting actors
At least one of the lead actors or significant supporting actors is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group.
• Asian
• Hispanic/Latinx
• Black/African American
• Indigenous/Native American/Alaskan Native
• Middle Eastern/North African
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
• Other underrepresented race or ethnicity
A2. General ensemble cast
At least 30% of all actors in secondary and more minor roles are from at least two of the following underrepresented groups:
• Women
• Racial or ethnic group
• LGBTQ+
• People with cognitive or physical disabilities, or who are deaf or hard of hearing
Wrong.
You are clueless with regard to Beethoven.
Ricky Nelson was black? Never knew that.
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