She will star alongside the incomparable Keith David in a non-traditional version of O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms"
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oh interesting..i would see it
huh. how very odd.
Is she wearing Ava Gardner's "Light Egyptian"?
hilarious^^^^^^^^!!!!!!!!!! but as black people, due to our long and thriving history in this country, we are of many shades, from the lightest light to the darkest dark.
Well, after reading the article, it looks as though she will be playing a role...not necessarily as black. In fact, the article states "featuring a mostly African-American cast" neither suggesting how should would be READING the role nor how she was cast. The article states that this reading is a highly conceived version of O'Neill's work. Let's not read into things, TonyaFanatic.
Let's not start being a smart ass Drew. Im not reading into anything, this is information I already know from a particular person involved with the reading's director that the part of Abbie Putnam(Sara's part) will be a black character. She will be portrayed as a light-skinned black, which will add a colorstruck dimension to the play.
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Let's get back to this Light Egyptian thing. I thought Max Factor made that for Lena Horne and Ava used it for Show Boat.
Egg Zactly, nmartin!
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I don't understand this reference to wearing "Light Egyptian." Most Egyptians are Caucasian and those who are not usually have Sudanese or some other parentage. I personally am originally from Egypt and these type of references are offensive to us.
Updated On: 7/5/05 at 09:13 PM
To me, skin isn't really the issue, but Sara's face looks very Latino...
this is a one-day reading right... interesting
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"I don't understand this reference to wearing "Light Egyptian." Most Egyptians are Caucasian and those who are not usually have Sudanese or some other parentage. I personally am originally from Egypt and these type of references are offensive to us."
Please don't take offense. It's not meant as a racial slur. Most people are aware that most Egyptians are Caucasians. The remarks were meant more as bitter and flippant jokes about the racial hysteria of the U.S. in the 1950's than a reflection on Egyptian racial categories.
Lena Horn was a very light-skinned African American actress with what many considered to be Caucasoid features. She was being considered for the role of Julie, the mixed-race woman who could pass for white, in the 1950's remake of Showboat. But there was no makeup at the studios that matched her skin tone. So Max Factor was brought in to develop makeup just for her. And he named it "light Eqyptian."
He wasn't implying that Egyptains weren't Caucasian. He was implying that Lena looked white, but somehow, not European white.
But she never got to use it because the studio was terrified of a known to be black actress playing scenes as the love interest of a white actor. So Lena lost the role. And as she joked in her one woman show, they spread her makeup all over Ava Gardner.
Updated On: 7/5/05 at 09:39 PM
Hell, you even come close to it, and someone registers to register their offense. Crap people, don't be so sensitive.
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Interesting. I'd see it though. But I'm also a fan.
There's a difference between being the race of the part and looking the race of the part. I know it's harsh, but it's true. In reality, even though I'm Asian, if I look more...ugh, I don't know, Latino, than Asian, obviously, I'll be cast in more Latino roles than Asian roles.
I'm still a little weirded out by the idea, but congrats to her for the job.
But ethnicity is she anyways?
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She is Mexican. Of course, some Mexicans have more European (Spanish conqueror) blood in their ancestry, and some have more indigenous (native "Indian") blood. The result is a wide range of skin tones - just as most African-Americans have some caucasian ancestry mixed in over the centuries.
If Jonathan Pryce can be a Vietnamese . . .
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Or God, Mickey Rooney a Chinese man. Or Alfred Molina a Russian Jew.
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Actually, it's very common for black Latinas like Zoe Saldana to play African American women and for African American women like Kerry Washington to play black Latinas. Sara may be neither, but as someone said up thread, there are many African American women who look like her.
It's very true that people don't always fit the stereotype of how their particular raiail group is "supposed" to look.
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