Shampooing the Black Kids from Hairspray

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

There's a difference between all black casts and all black characters. For many characters in many shows, it's irrelevant to the story whether a character is black or white. In Hairspray, race is central to the story.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Like I said -- if having an AA cast is essential to the plot, then they probably should have picked a different production.

I should have said "characters" instead of "cast"

My knowledge of Hairspray is limited to the Divine/Travolta character, so I was not aware that AA characters played a significant role in the production. I have acknowledged that they probably needed to pick a different production, though.