A Black Glinda? — Page 4

and theres always this topic...
Black Glinda

Thanks Chillin'! Woot. *Doing my happy dance* You think she looks goofy? You should have seen the fake nose Meredith had on her face. The worst part was that the day they wore that Idina & JLT were on in full costume. They made the View gals look even sillier.

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It's also somewhat implied in the musical.

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"What in the world was Star Jones thinking!?!"

I ask myself that same question EVERY FRICKING DAY!



"I'm not racist so don't call me that"
"I happen to be very attracted to black people so..."



Didn't Thomas Jefferson say the same thing?

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Updated On: 1/7/08 at 11:55 AM

"Wicked is a show where the main focus should be the color of Elphie's skin. A black Glinda would take away that focus, and I believe that a black person shunning someone because of skin colour would just be too hypocrytical to be taken seriously as part of the story."



what a horrible, horrible statement. Why would it take away from the focus. Elphaba is the only one with green skin. No body likes her because of it. It doesn't matter if you have a black, yellow, red, or white person as Galinda. It wouldn't take the focus off a Tall Green woman who belts into the stratosphere as she flies on a cherry picker.

I'm sure that to you, maybe it would take away the focus, but have you ever thought of how an African American audience member would percieve a black Galinda? It wouldn't make a difference to them. It's just your white upbringing that somehow would cast judgement on that one character being black.

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They're all wigged anyway. It doesn't matter what race she is, or he natural hair color, slap a wig on her and she's blonde.

For heaven's sake!

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One of the best parts about Wicked is the "alternate universe." What is perceived as normal or acceptable there doesn't always parallel our own world's beliefs or prejudices.

In face, it helps call our own perceptions of what is "normal" into question. I see no reason why that shouldn't be taken one step further.

Their monkeys don't look like our monkeys, wings or no wings. The designer did that on purpose. Also, you have some Shiz male students wearing skirts and other "hybrid" rule-breaking fashions. Not "normal" or "trendy" in our world.

Their vocabulary isn't quite the same as ours either. It's English, but with some "new" words thrown in here and there to give it a "through the looking glass" feel.

That's why I think a black Glinda would be just fine in that world, and actually a good casting idea... even if some not-too-broadminded audience members have issues with it. It would force them to think about how they can negatively view this Glinda AND root for the "green girl" all at the same time.

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What about all of the 'colored folk' in Hairspray?

There ARE times when it's not right.

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Eh. The people who are still objecting to color-blind casting will be dead soon anyway. They've had too long to object already. Let's get started NOW.

I don't care if it bothers them until they die. There are bigger things to be upset about than whether Alec Mapa and B.D Wong would be "too Asian" for The Odd Couple.

Me? I can't WAIT to see James Earl Jones as Big Daddy.

I say F*CK anyone who has a problem with it.

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I want to watch Alec Mapa and BD in The Odd Couple...unfortunately they're both Felixes.

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Updated On: 1/7/08 at 07:53 PM

The point is to just keep doing it and wear down the objections.

On the same idea, openly gay actors can and should play heterosexual romantic leads, starting with Cheyenne Jackson and John Barrowman and moving forward over the objections of all who say the female audience will be turned off.

Let's just plow forward and DO IT.

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