BELLE in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST?

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:08pm

HOW MANY WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE PLAYED THIS PART BESIDES TONI BRAXTON? WHY JUST TONI?????????

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:08pm

stop yelling at me. but i really don't know?
Updated On: 1/9/07 at 04:08 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:09pm

I knew from the thread title and poster what the question was going to be.

Welcome back, sh*t-stirrer.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:10pm

Ann Sanders has played Belle before and she's Asian

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:26pm

keep going please....

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:28pm

Deborah Lew is the current belle, also ASIAN.
Nikki Rene Davis was Belle at NORTHSHORE.

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:31pm

Updated On: 1/9/07 at 04:31 PM

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:31pm

BROADWAY PLEASE. BROADWAY. ok so thats TWO?? how many years has this show been running? mm hmm. ok.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:35pm

So go picket the show already.

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:36pm

This is ridiculous. Why is everyone humoring this guy?


The cartoon Belle is depicted as a brunette caucasian female. That is why they typically cast white women. Sure they can colorblind cast. Just as in Les Mis with Norm Lewis. There is nothing wrong with either choice.
Updated On: 1/9/07 at 04:36 PM

[Kalimba]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:37pm

Or Disney for that matter.

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:40pm

U CAN SAY ITS RIDICULOUS BUT U CANT DISPUTE THE FACT. GO AHEAD TURN A BLIND EYE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL DEAL IS HERE. Updated On: 1/9/07 at 04:40 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:41pm

NO WE CANAT. U ARE WRITE.

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:41pm

Yeah it is a fact ... but is it a problem?!

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:42pm

ITS RACIST AND U KNOW IT. THE ROLE IS NON RACE SPECIFIC SO WHERE ARE THE HUNDREDS OF WOMEN OF COLOR WHO COULD SING THAT ROLE! U KNOW THEY HAVE AUDTIONED. PLEASE! ITS RACIST.

Updated On: 1/9/07 at 04:42 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:44pm

Have you seen Dreamgirls yet?

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:45pm

YEA AND? WHATS THE POINT?

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:46pm

Ok .. well what about the roles of Benny and Joanne in RENT. Those roles are also "NON RACE SPECIFIC," but they are rarely played by anyone who isn't African American. Is this a problem as well?

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:48pm

OF COURSE THATS NOT A PROBLEM CONSIDERING THE HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK THERE IS FOR A WHITE ACTOR ON BROADWAY. AND U KNOW THAT WHITES WORK FAR MORE ON BROADWAY THAN BLACKS. UNDENIABLE.

OF COURSE ITS NOT. ITS AT BEST DESERVING!
Updated On: 1/9/07 at 04:48 PM

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:49pm

Is taking your computer off CAPS LOCK a possible option?

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:50pm

IT IS BUT YOU'LL GET OVER IT.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:50pm

Whatever, man.

[whateverman]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:51pm

MM HMM... great white way .. mm hmm . ok.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:52pm

whateverman, thank you for officially turning me emo. Where's that sharp object that I can use to slit my wrists?

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:53pm

Ok .. I'm done. Disney is not racist for casting a traditionally white character with a white actress. Sure the role doesn't call for a white woman, but that is how the Disney staff envisioned her. If the cartoon was drawn purple and Disney only cast white women .. yeah, that would be a problem. If your argument is that there isn't enough roles for African Americans on Broadway, you should find a better show than Beauty and the Beast as a vehicle for your argument. Thanks!
Updated On: 1/9/07 at 04:53 PM