Can a white person be cast as Hamilton or Angelica? — Page 2

I understand as such. Again, I love Hamilton but I was just saying that it really shouldn't neccessarily matter either way as to who is playing these parts based off of race. I know that isn't the case and it doesn't neccessarily matter. If Lin's intention is to continue casting in the same manner they are now, I fully respect it and support his decision. They really do have such an amazing group of actors in the show right now and I am very happy because of that.

HamfourHam said: "My tiff with Hogan's Hero is only because he seems to attack anyone that is critical of Hamilton. Would you agree? Maybe I'm crazy. "

I doubt that is true, but even if it were, he didn't do that here, so I'm not sure how that would apply to him giving you the proper answer to your question.

I think the score of this show would sound ridiculous coming from the mouths of most white people and it wouldn't be very believable.

"The end of discussion."

LOL, sure it is!

I understand the rationale for the casting, but it definitely cannot be called “inclusive”. I also think it’s telling that King George is the only character that has to be white. Why can’t he be a minority also? The only reason I can see, and correct me I’m wrong, is some sort of underlying message about white people oppressing minorities, which while true in the past, just seems an unnecessary message in today’s climate and not “inclusive”.

I know that the obvious response is white people do oppress minorities to this day and Broadway (and many other things) have such an ingrained racism that specifying certain roles for minorities is necessary and positive. I personally disagree with both sentiments though I realize I might be in the minority with those opinions. I personally would love for roles to be colorblind and was very pleased that Jean Valjean and Cinderella were both recently performed by non-white performers.

By the way, for what it’s worth (and it should be worth nothing), I am not white (though I’m not Hispanic or black either).

spidernight said: "I understand the rationale for the casting, but it definitely cannot be called “inclusive”. I also think it’s telling that King George is the only character that has to be white. Why can’t he be a minority also? The only reason I can see, and correct me I’m wrong, is some sort of underlying message about white people oppressing minorities, which while true in the past, just seems an unnecessary message in today’s climate and not “inclusive”.

I know that the obvious response is white people do oppress minorities to this day and Broadway (and many other things) have such an ingrained racism that specifying certain roles for minorities is necessary and positive. I personally disagree with both sentiments though I realize I might be in the minority with those opinions. I personally would love for roles to be colorblind and was very pleased that Jean Valjean and Cinderella were both recently performed by non-white performers.

By the way, for what it’s worth (and it should be worth nothing), I am not white (though I’m not Hispanic or black either).

"You think white oppression is in the past?????

mpd4165 said: "spidernight said: "I understand the rationale for the casting, but it definitely cannot be called “inclusive”. I also think it’s telling that King George is the only character that has to be white. Why can’t he be a minority also? The only reason I can see, and correct me I’m wrong, is some sort of underlying message about white people oppressing minorities, which while true in the past, just seems an unnecessary message in today’s climate and not “inclusive”.

I know that the obvious response is white people do oppress minorities to this day and Broadway (and many other things) have such an ingrained racism that specifying certain roles for minorities is necessary and positive. I personally disagree with both sentiments though I realize I might be in the minority with those opinions. I personally would love for roles to be colorblind and was very pleased that Jean Valjean and Cinderella were both recently performed by non-white performers.

By the way, for what it’s worth (and it should be worth nothing), I am not white (though I’m not Hispanic or black either).

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The message is really even MORE necessary in today's climate.

And white people are in this cast. And it speaks to the authorial intent to cast the show as he says.

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I agree with your statement 100 percent!!

Here's an intriguing thought: In the admittedly not very plausible happenstance that if the grosses should fall, and if an acclaimed non-minority star rapper such as Eminem displayed interest in playing a key role, would LMM's rules be tempered? The race of the king could also be flipped, for contrast--maybe Asian? Just musing.

In all the readings I saw of this before the Public, George was NOT white. Brian was the first white George if I remember correctly. Nicholas Christopher was actually George right before BDJ.

I don't think Lin REALLY cares that much. Breakdowns are breakdows. He just wants whoever is the best I would assume.

I seem to remember Lin saying something in an interview along the lines of "As long as the founding fathers in the show don't look like the actual founding fathers, it's ok." I can't remember if this was solely applying to school/regional productions, or if he meant it to cover the major professional productions as well, but I thought it would be worth mentioning here.

To cast any way but the way Lin intended it is to miss the point entirely. I don't know why Peggy/Maria can be white, but honestly, if someone asked him, he'd probably answer, and I don't know why there are white understudies, maybe they impressed so much in their auditons he thought they'd still be able to fit, but either way, there are plenty of roles available to white people, roles written specifically for them and all nondescript roles that people just assume are white by default. This show is one of very few that is not that way, it was not written for us, so swallow your pride and get over it. Your time would be better spent educating yourself.

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I think it's kind of rude how all the annoying white girls wanna play Eliza and Angelica and are complaining about it (I personally know many). There are literally tons of shows with parts specifically for white people.