I suspect that in the end, the only thing that matters is how good any given actor is. Cross cultural casting works only when the actor can inhabit the role. Depending on the circumstances, that can … (View Post)

The voted to deport "the worst of the worst" - Trump's most used phrase on the issue - murderers, rapists and drug dealers. They did not vote to deport their hard working law abiding neighb… (View Post)

I'd tend agree with you, though I'm not entirely persuaded about title characters necessarily being "provocative". I saw an all black production of The Importance of Being Ernest a couple o… (View Post)

But the presence of western troops in Ukraine would be a "provocation". (View Post)

Where this goes (or if it goes anywhere) will be a good test of the sustainability of Trump's haphazard tariff policies. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/27/trumps-tariffs-trade-war ... t… (View Post)