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On 4/14/2025 5:35 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
>> The problem with color-blind casting is that the viewer doesn't
>> know whether the *character* is, e.g., African-American or not.
> 
> I agree.  I wonder how many viewers of _Bridgerton_ have been left
> with the mistaken impression that George III's wife Charlotte was black.
> 
> It would hardly be any more inaccurate to cast a black actor as George
> Washington and white actors as his slaves.

Back in the early 80s, I saw a production of Ted Tally's play "Terra
Nova". about the Scott Antarctic  expedition. The lead (Scott) was
played by an African-American actor. This was a little jarring at
first, but rapidly became irrelevant.

Unless the race of the character is part of the story, I don't
see that it matters. Oddly, in Bridgerton (I only watched the
first season), race is mentioned at least once.

pt