cross-gendering roles- Page 4

[fiatlux]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 9:20am

"Suspension of disbelief is the problem. It is very difficult for the vast majority of people to get past the fact that "that's not a real woman up there""

And I would agree, however, if you go along to the Globe Theatre or a Split Britches production to name a couple of examples - you'll see whole audiences doing exactly that. It's accepted as the convention and those audiences are exposed to exactly the same conditioning as everyone else, they don't watch different TV or cinema from anyone else, they are used to conventional casting but they just accept male Juliets or female Richard II's.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 10:05am

after watching once upon a mattress sunday i think that Queen Aggravain could work well

[LorelaiGilmore]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:55pm

my friend got the role of Gavroche at our schools production of Les Mis, mainly because A)she's the only one small enough and B)she's only one who can sing high enough

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 4:38pm

Please won't this thread die already?