[ClearCase_guy]

Well, you could make a biopic about Rosa Parks, and you could have Scarlet Johansson as the star, and bus drivers could be all, "Girl, get to the back of this bus!" and Scarlet could be all, "I'm not gonna!"

But it might miss the point of the story.

In the same way, it's kind of important that Mary be recognized as Jewish.

[Straight Vermonter]

You are, of course, correct. The idea I assume is to allow people to more easily identify with the holy family. To that end it is good.

[LouAvul]

Michael Jackson wanted a white boy to portray him in his biography.

[vladimir998]

“In the same way, it’s kind of important that Mary be recognized as Jewish.”

No. It only matters that she be recognized as Mary. Anyone who recognizes her as Mary gets the most important parts of the story no what what Mary looks like.