With @netflix’s “Forty-Year-Old Version” now streaming, we invited 40+ Black people who work in theater to share their own experiences with racism — sometimes subtle, other times blatantly cruel latimes.com/entertainment-…
For @netflix’s “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” writer-director-star @RadhaMUSprime channeled the frustrations of a career in theater into her first feature film. Chief among them: the white producer who helps her on-screen alter ego debut a play on Broadway latimes.com/entertainment-…
This gatekeeper’s less helpful notes include saying her piece isn’t “Black” enough, requires a white character to “grab the core audience” and would be perfect for a white director who just staged “A Raisin in the Sun.”
(Courtesy of @netflix) latimes.com/entertainment-…
(Courtesy of @netflix) latimes.com/entertainment-…
Here are more stories from Black theater creatives, talking openly about the industry's insidious racism
@KatoriHall, 📸: Diane Zhao latimes.com/entertainment-…
@KatoriHall, 📸: Diane Zhao latimes.com/entertainment-…
Read on for more Black playwrights’ thoughts about the theater industry’s insidious racism
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Story by @cashleelee
Design by An Amlotte
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