A white man is playing Michael Jackson in a TV movie and the Internet is angry<br><br>On Feb. 10, 1993, clad in a dazzling red shirt, black epaulets and a black armband, Michael walked across one of the many rooms of his Neverland Ranch in Santa Ynez Valley, California. Striding past what appeared to be an enormous portrait of himself in Elizabethan garb, was there to meet a guest Oprah Winfrey and unburden himself.<br><br>Even before allegations surfaced claiming the star had sexually abused children as they did later that year it seemed there were a lot of stories circulating about the King of Pop. And, live on national television before an audience of 90 million people, wanted to set the record straight.<br><br>Did he sleep in an oxygen chamber? No,nike air max 95 outlet uk, said. Had he purchased the Elephant Man's bones? No, said. ("Where am I going to put some bones?") And did he want a white kid to play him in a Pepsi commercial?<br><br>sighed. Then he got mad. Or,sac longchamp pas cher neuf, perhaps, as mad as Michael got.<br><br>"That is so stupid,replica watches uk sale Indoor facility is already considered one of the best in the world with video," he told Oprah. "That's the most ridiculous,outlet hogan online, horrifying story I've ever heard. It's crazy."<br><br>The question, it seemed, struck at the core of 's amorphous identity. Though stricken with vitiligo,chaussures louboutin soldes, a skin condition that lightened his complexion in patches, the singer who idolized James Brown was still black and proud.<br><br>"Why?" he said of the rumor. "No. 1: It's my face as a child in the commercial. Me when I was little. Why would I want a white child to play me? I'm a black American. I'm proud to be a black American. I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride in who I am and dignity. That's like you wanting an Oriental person to play you as a child. Does that make sense? So please people stop believing these horrifying stories." He added: "When people make up stories that I don't want to be who I am,parajumpers pas cher homme, it hurts me."<br><br>Now, a version of what so horrified who, if anyone needs to be reminded, died in 2009 has come to pass. The very white actor Joseph Fiennes,scarpe mbt outlet, perhaps best known for playing the Bard in Shakespeare in Love, has been cast as in a film for British television.<br><br>People were angry.<br><br>Just two weeks ago, Oscar nominations were announced and,air max pas cher, out of 20 acting nominees, not a single person of color was to be found. This revived the previous year's "OscarsSoWhite" controversy about whether minorities remain underrepresented in the film industry.<br><br>Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith,woolrich outlet, among others, are sitting out the awards. Oscar host Chris Rock is now in the middle of the racial storm surrounding the glitzy event. The Academy,doudoune moncler homme Q Will, its president said, is trying to diversify its membership.<br><br>And what seemed like a whimsical project produced on a foreign isle "Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon,mbt outlet ufficiale,peuterey outlet Area Man Obse," which details the purported flight of Liz Taylor, Marlon Brando and from New York City in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks hit social media with a digital thud.<br><br>"Joseph Fiennes is not surprised he was cast to play Michael ," one Twitter user wrote. " I threw up in my mouth! diversity."<br><br>"I mean, at this rate, why not cast Judi Dench as Michael ?" Ed Wong of the Atlantic tweeted.<br><br>"Producers say it's creative diversity," actor Miguel Nunez wrote. "Then let me play Donald Trump."<br><br>As the world defended the legacy of the man who may be the most beloved performer in history, Fiennes took refuge at Entertainment Tonight. And he wanted to talk about 's diagnosis.<br><br>"() definitely had an issue a pigmentation issue and that's something I do believe," he said. "He was probably closer to my color than his original color."<br><br>The movie, Fiennes said,pandora outlet online italia, was not a broadside against people of color trying to break into Hollywood. He said the film is "not in any way malicious. It's actually endearing."<br><br>Sky Arts, who produced the film, also defended the casting decision."Sky Arts gives producers the creative freedom to cast roles as they wish, within the diversity framework which we have set," the network said in a statement,karen millen sale, as the Associated Press reported. The company added that it "puts the integrity of the creative vision at the heart of all its original commissions."<br><br>"It's (about) people who are so iconic,tn pas cher, but also can be detached," Fiennes said. "You know, you can get detached from society. So it's examining that kind of wonderful and mad detachment."<br><br>Alas,giuseppe zanotti vente, some seemed more inclined to believe that the actor and Sky Arts were the detached ones.<br><br>But wait "Elizabeth,pjs pas cher homme, Michael and Marlon" had its defenders. There is a long history of actors of one race playing characters of another and getting away with it even after the end of Al Jolson style blackface. There's Al Pacino in "Scarface." There's Robert Downey in "Tropic Thunder" (though,giubbotti moncler outlet, actually, he was in blackface for that one). There's "Hamilton."<br><br>Aren't artists free to make art?<br><br>"Well I mean, if we are allowed to turn ghostbusters into women,pandora outlet, which were MEN first, race shouldn't be a problem," one Twitter user wrote.<br><br>"Looks pretty white to me,golden goose saldi," the same Twitter user wrote over a photograph of .<br><br>Alas, an intractable problem that's bedeviled theater for centuries has not been solved yet.<br><br>"In 'Selma,cheap nike air max uk,' for example,candice cooper outlet online, it makes no sense for a non black actor to play Martin Luther King Jr. or for a non white actor to play Lyndon Johnson." David Marcus wrote at the Federalist last year in "The Case for Colorblind Casting." "Those racial identities are central to the story,chaussure air max pas cher, and there is nothing wrong with that. When a film or play is specifically exploring issues of race, it is perfectly acceptable to cast on that basis, just as it is when advertisers are targeting a demographic. This is natural and to be expected. But the fact is such stories are very much the exception, not the rule."
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