Lefties are hypocrites, hands down.
This is in essence, racial discrimination. Yes.
However, when you’re dealing with the creative arts, the conceptual view according to the director or producer is often the overriding decision. So, the theater group may get away with it.
If the director can say she was trying to present a show that featured and glorified blacks in that setting, she may have a point. In some other production, this may not be the case at all. I would find it even more believable that this man was ousted because of age discrimination. He’s in his early 50’s.
Was that in the audition requirements or the employment contract? Do they only want an all-black audience? How about the rest of the crew? Do they have to leave if their melanin count is too low? Maybe the sign-language person should’ve identified as black or mulatto.
Have the powers that be in this event asked wild animals from Africa how they feel about being played by humans from the New World?
The original Lion King was written by 3 white people. How is it that the blacks consider the Lion King theirs?
Did they replace him with that Black bogus sign language guy who stood on stage with Obama in South Africa?
Keith Wann, though an amazing ASL performer, is not a black person and therefore should not be representing Lion King,” she declared.
And the cast of Hamilton?
Racism against white people in rampant and supported by government at all levels. Fight back folks any way you can.
But...but...The Lion King is about any people! Just animals!
Seems Shelley is a white chick from Haifa, Israel. How is SHE allowed to be on the production?