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We are getting a little too PC?
https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20190123/otterbein-opts-not-to-present-west-side-story-due-to-lack-of-minority-students-in-roles
“We have heard ... growing concern that students of color should be allowed to tell their own stories, even in an educational setting. Now is not the time to present ‘West Side Story.’”
Students’ lingering concerns about casting and a recent email from about 60 alumni have prompted the Theatre and Dance Department at Otterbein University to jettison plans for a spring production of “West Side Story.”
“Students questioned whether or not that was the best show to do because they didn’t know whether we had enough students of color to cast all the roles,” said Christina Kirk, chairwoman of the department.
“We’re in an interesting moment in our culture right now,” she said. “We had a good dialogue, talking to each other and learning from each other, and we’re making a choice to shift and do a different show.”
The new show is likely to be “Singin’ in the Rain,” a mid-1980s Broadway musical comedy based on the 1952 MGM film about Hollywood’s 1920s transition from silent films to “talkies.” Otterbein officials are working to secure the rights to the production in time for a March-April presentation, Kirk said.
https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20190123/otterbein-opts-not-to-present-west-side-story-due-to-lack-of-minority-students-in-roles
“We have heard ... growing concern that students of color should be allowed to tell their own stories, even in an educational setting. Now is not the time to present ‘West Side Story.’”
Students’ lingering concerns about casting and a recent email from about 60 alumni have prompted the Theatre and Dance Department at Otterbein University to jettison plans for a spring production of “West Side Story.”
“Students questioned whether or not that was the best show to do because they didn’t know whether we had enough students of color to cast all the roles,” said Christina Kirk, chairwoman of the department.
“We’re in an interesting moment in our culture right now,” she said. “We had a good dialogue, talking to each other and learning from each other, and we’re making a choice to shift and do a different show.”
The new show is likely to be “Singin’ in the Rain,” a mid-1980s Broadway musical comedy based on the 1952 MGM film about Hollywood’s 1920s transition from silent films to “talkies.” Otterbein officials are working to secure the rights to the production in time for a March-April presentation, Kirk said.