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David Harewood clarifies comments after saying white actors should be able to ‘Black up’ for roles
8 months ago

David Harewood clarifies comments after saying white actors should be able to ‘Black up’ for roles

The Independent  

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David Harewood says white actors should be able to play Othello in Blackface
8 months ago

David Harewood says white actors should be able to play Othello in Blackface

The Independent  

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Commentary: Must Laurence Olivier’s blackface Othello be banned? I showed the film and wasn’t canceled
3 years, 2 months ago

Commentary: Must Laurence Olivier’s blackface Othello be banned? I showed the film and wasn’t canceled

LA Times  

Three actors who have played Shakespeare’s Othello, from left: Laurence Fishburne on film in 1995, Laurence Olivier in offensive blackface in 1965, James Earl Jones in 1981. Dipping back into the writing of Pauline Kael, perhaps the most influential voice in film criticism of my lifetime, I was dismayed to discover this nugget in her 1966 review for McCall’s that …

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