PC RUN AMOK: "Hearing Man in Deaf Role Stirs Protests in New York "

NYTIMES: Hearing Man in Deaf Role Stirs Protests in New York

A hearing actor playing a deaf character is tantamount to putting a white actor in blackface,” said Linda Bove, a deaf actress and board member of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group for minority, disabled and deaf artists.

SO I GUESS FOR PC LIBS, ONLY A BLACK CAN PLAY OTHELLO?!?

I GOTTA SUGGESTION: HOW ABOUT ONLY DEAF PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SEE THE DAMN PLAY!?

I MEAN, WHAT'S THE FREAKIN' POINT OF A PLAY IF NOT TO INSPIRE EMPATHY ACROSS A WHOLE WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE?

IF HEARING THEATERGOERS CAN EMPATHIZE WITH A DEAF CHARACTER THEN A HEARING ACTOR CAN PLAY ONE.

• THERE WAS A SIMILAR CONTROVERSY ABOUT MISS SAIGON IN THE 1990'S.

• THE WHOLE ISSUE MAKES ME SICK.

• AND I THINK MOST AMERICANS ARE SICK & TIRED OF PC BS.

• ONE MAJOR REASON WHY IS THAT EVERY TIME WE CRITICIZE OBAMA WE'RE CALLED RACISTS.

• IN 2010 A LOT OF PC LIBS ARE GONNA FIND OUT HOW OUT OF STEP THEY'VE BECOME.