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11. Such a weird and fascinating subject. Thanks for posting this!

Reply to Kind of Blue (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:54 PM

Nov 2015

I made a joke about a month ago that if Hollywood could cast Brad Pitt to play MLK they would. And damn, it didn't take long for my "joke" to be on its way to becoming reality!

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Playwright Reacts to the White Casting of MLK in The Mountaintop [View all] Kind of Blue Nov 2015 OP

Is this a thing of late, to push boundaries on the stage? In the new musical play HAMILTON, MADem Nov 2015 #1

It has always been a thing to push boundaries on the stage, elehhhhna Nov 2015 #2

I get that but it's surprising the director Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #4

itbwould have been appropriate to ask. true. elehhhhna Nov 2015 #7

As far as "Hamilton," I haven't read anything Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #3

I feel like some white people go out of their way to Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #5

I so agree with you on that! nt MADem Nov 2015 #6

What's really crazy is that the director is a black man. Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #8

Wow, sorry, I just assumed! Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #9

Oh, no problem. That's understandable. Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #10

Such a weird and fascinating subject. Thanks for posting this! Number23 Nov 2015 #11

Goodness, if I had read that a month ago Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #12

For a limited theater production (especially in a college theater) Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #13

Not without the living author's consent. Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #14

I understand the playwright's POV Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #15

Mr. Williams was probably granted his Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #16

Well, In Williams' case Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #17

Not opposed? Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #18

I read this story at the Guardian Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #19

Agreed that she didn't but he blew it Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #20

Especially with a casting like that Chitown Kev Nov 2015 #23

Exactly! Little known activism going on Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #24

Everybody gonna be Brown soon anyway. Cant happen soon enough randys1 Nov 2015 #21

LOL! Oh, randys1. You're a trip n/t Kind of Blue Nov 2015 #22

I read the headline quickly lovemydog Nov 2015 #25