‘Romeo & Juliet’ Play Starring Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers Faces ‘Barrage of Racial Abuse,’ Producer Says ‘This Must Stop’
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The Jamie Lloyd Company has hit back after its 'Romeo & Juliet' play has been the subject of racial abuse aimed at an unnamed cast member.

The Jamie Lloyd Company has hit back after its production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” has been the subject of what they call a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” aimed at an unnamed cast member.

The play, directed by Jamie Lloyd (“Sunset Boulevard”), stars “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewaduh-Rivers (“Sex Education”) as Juliet.

On Friday, the Jamie Lloyd Company issued a statement, saying: “Following the announcement of our ‘Romeo & Juliet’ cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop.”

  • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
    01·
    7 months ago

    No, this is how you properly show solidarity.

    An attack against a single cast member is an attack against the entire company.

    This would hold water if they didn’t go out of their way to say it was race-motivated abuse.

    They did, so it doesn’t.

    if it only redirects 1% of the aggression away from the intended target and towards the white cast members instead, then it is worth it.

    lmao, this sentiment is the exact opposite of solidarity, and invokes the fundamentally-racist ‘white savior’ trope, to boot.

    • neatchee@lemmy.world
      0·
      7 months ago

      white savior trope

      I and other white allies literally stood in front of police with crowd control weapons when my black friends yelled ‘white shield’ during the BLM protests in Seattle but tell me more 🤣 I’m nobody’s savior but I do know how to use my privilege for the benefit of others

      This would hold water if they didn’t go out of their way to say it was race-motivated abuse.

      So the options are “don’t reference the racism at all” or “name the victim”? Fuck outta here with that shit.

      • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
        01·
        7 months ago

        I and other white allies literally stood in front of police with crowd control weapons when my black friends yelled ‘white shield’ during the BLM protests in Seattle but tell me more

        Apparently, I do need to tell you more, since you clearly don’t understand that the fact that your black friends were literally verbally encouraging you, makes the above the literal opposite of “white savior”.

        So the options are “don’t reference the racism at all” or “name the victim”?

        No, the point is that those are effectively identical (since she is the only known black cast member), so why would you do one and not the other? Either do both, or neither. They also went out of their way to say there was exactly one victim. Why? Why do that, if their goal is not to clearly identify the one and only person who fits all of the criteria they put out?

        That’s weird, bottom line. If you asked me what 2 + 2 is and I was willing to tell you it was “the number that’s half of 8”, but I refused to say “4”, wouldn’t you think that was weird of me?

          • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
            01·
            7 months ago

            lol, I was perfectly clear, even gave you a simple analogy, but I guess that was just beyond you.

            Transparent move to preserve your ego by convincing yourself of my “mental gymnastics”, giving yourself an excuse for why you had no response.