From: morrisj@epsilon3.me   
      
   On 4/13/2025 8:29 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > The problem with color-blind casting is that the viewer doesn't   
   > know whether the *character* is, e.g., African-American or not.  I   
   > mention this because in TITANIC: THE MUSICAL we see a group of   
   > second-class passengers including several characters from Ireland,   
   > central Europe, and other places, and one of the characters is   
   > played by an African-American.  I thought at first the character   
   > was African-American, but then not only did she seem to be married   
   > to a white man, but she was dancing with the white first-class men   
   > and the white stewards, and I thought, "Well, either she's not   
   > African-American, or they're confused about the social conditions   
   > of the time."   
      
   I would have hoped that it would be at least as historically accurate as   
   Hamilton.   
      
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