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White people could play black characters because white people–actors and audiences–assumed that they really knew what being black meant.
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Though there was controversy when the movie came out, it was over the depiction of African Americans in the film, not whether white actors had any business playing black characters that was a common practice.īut it was wrong, and here’s why it was nearly impossible for people at the time to see it: because most of the white people involved assumed that they knew how to perform blackness, that the assumptions white people had about black people were right and insightful. Let’s think about Birth of a Nation which featured white actors as black characters. Let me say that again another way: the audience must be willing to accept that the actor can play the part. An actor must be acceptable to his or her audience. And so, on the surface, it seems that it ought to be all right for any actor who can pull the part off to play the part.īut. It’s true that actors take on personas and roles by definition of their job. I couldn’t articulate it last night, but it’s been nagging at me and I mulled it over while walking the dog and I think I can get at it now. If it’s not okay for O’Donnell to dress up in blackface and play, say, Whoopi Goldberg in that biopic, it seems to me that it’s not okay for O’Donnell to play Beth Simon. I make the comment that I find Rosie O’Donnell playing a developmentally disabled woman to be distasteful and the Professor asks why and I realize that I don’t have a well thought out reason why other than that if feels a little too much like minstrelsy to me.
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Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosie O'Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Okay, so I’m talking to the Professor last night and she’s trying to make some point that requires her to go off on some tangent about the Hallmark movie Riding the Bus with My Sister which stars Rosie O’Donnell as a developmentally disabled woman.
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O'Donnell has signed on with the Oprah Winfrey Network OWN to return to daytime TV with a talk show in Fall 2011. O'Donnell said she was approached by the company after she appeared on The Howard Stern Show. In November 2009 "Rosie Radio", a daily two-hour show with O'Donnell discussing news and events on Sirius XM Radio, premiered. In October 2009, she appeared in the original cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In 2008 O'Donnell starred in and executive produced America (2009 film), a Lifetime channel original movie in which she plays the therapist of the title character, a 16-year-old boy aging out of the foster care system. She is best known for her inaccurate prediction that Donald Trump will never be the President of the United States. She continues to do charity work and remains involved with LGBT and family-related issues. In 2007 O'Donnell also released her second memoir, Celebrity Detox, which focuses on her struggles with fame and her time at The View. She became a polarizing figure to many and her strong opinions resulted in several notable controversies including an on-air dispute regarding the Bush administration's policies with the war in Iraq resulting in a mutual agreement to cancel her contract. In 2006 O'Donnell became the new moderator on The View boosting ratings and attracting controversies with her liberal views, and strong personality, dominating many of the conversations. She has since continued to support many LGBT causes and issues. O'Donnell is a foster-and adoptive-mother. O'Donnell came out stating "I'm a dyke!" two months before finishing her talk show run, saying that her primary reason was to bring attention to gay adoption issues. She used the book's $3 million advance to establish her own For All Kids foundation and promoted other charity projects encouraging other celebrities on her show to also take part. During her years on The Rosie O'Donnell Show she wrote her first book, a memoir called Find Me and developed the nickname "Queen Of Nice" as well as a reputation for philanthropic efforts.
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A TV sitcom and a series of movies introduced her to a larger national audience and in 1996 she started hosting The Rosie O'Donnell Show which won multiple Emmy awards. O'Donnell started her comedy career while still a teenager and her big break was on the talent show Star Search when she was twenty years old. Raised Roman Catholic, O'Donnell lost her mother to cancer as a pre-teen and has stressed the importance of protecting children and supporting families throughout her career. She has also been a magazine editor and continues to be a celebrity blogger, LGBT rights activist, television producer and collaborative partner in the LGBT family vacation company R Family Vacations. Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American stand-up comedienne, actress, singer, author and media personality.
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