The kids of Les Mis AKA Broadway ignores biology

Pretty sure most of us will get over it. It's not like the audience doesn't really believe she grows up in front of our eyes.

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This is the reason Billy Elliot closed.

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This happened in the original production when Shanice was Eponine. Young Eponine was white. No big deal.

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Someone better get fired over this.

Even the hispanic girl they cast doesn't make sense

Why would it? Because they're both different from you, and therefore somehow the same? They're both "other"?

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OMG! I know! It's almost like this has NO PRECEDENT AT ALL! Not with Olivia Oguma growing up to be Caren Lyn Manuel, or Daphne Rubin-Vega giving birth to Kylie Goldstein, Netousha Harris growing up to be Sarah Uriarte Berry or or or or!

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You're a race traitor. Just like Broadway.

For perspective, here are a few more of greatWHITEway3’s greatest hits:

“Audra??? Was that serious or is this turning into a color blind casting post? Lets check the stats…
#1 - She's about 43
#2 - She's built like a linebacker
#3 - She's black. I am VERY certain there were no black cockney women in Edwardian London.”

“Kate Baldwin was glaringly miscast as an Italian woman. She needs to be back in Gloccamorra like places where she belongs."

“What the hell is a Dan'Yelle? Did they mean Danielle but not know how to spell it?”

“Sorry. Maybe I'm a bit to anal but I'd sit there the whole time saying, really, they want me to believe at some point this white kid turned black?”

“Lea's weight she would have been better as Madame Thénardier. But then it's a concert right? We have to suspend disbelief, like the ability in 1815 France of a Filipino mother with a blonde English daughter, among other things LOL. Have to love casting which disregards history or reality.”

“I am really passionate about this issue. It gets my blood boiling. Short and sweet...My opinion, if you don't agree so be it.”



I guess it's good to have a passion.

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Updated On: 1/27/14 at 10:54 PM

When you see them all stacked up like that, it definitely seems more like the word "casting" being used to distract from "racism."

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Color blind casting works fine on stage. It isn't close up or in your face. It is at a distance and easy to suspend disbelief. If the plot does not focus on racial matters, then why does it matter? I support color blind casting.

I am a little confused by what historical objections are at play here, even though it doesn't really matter. Are you saying that there was no mixing of races in 19th century France, or what? Keep Alexander Dumas in mind before replying.

He's not a racist, he's a biologist.

"Color blind casting works fine on stage. It isn't close up or in your face. It is at a distance and easy to suspend disbelief. If the plot does not focus on racial matters, then why does it matter? I support color blind casting."

I think the specific objection isn't that a black actress is in the role, but that a white actress is playing her as a young child. I don't think color-blind casting is typically taken that far... although it does seem the OP's issue is that Nikki is in the role, not that the young actress is white.

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Updated On: 1/28/14 at 01:22 AM