Posted on 04/08/2024 9:23:28 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, starring alongside Tom Holland in "Romeo & Juliet," prompts The Jamie Lloyd Company to condemn racism and harassment in the industry.
Actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers will play Juliet in the London West End production of "Romeo & Juliet." Because Rivers is the leading lady, she’s been the target of ongoing racist online bullying. This role as Juliet is Amewudah-Rivers’ West End debut, and what a warm welcome. Amewudah-Rivers is starring alongside “Spider-Man” leading man Tom Holland as Romeo.
The Jamie Lloyd Company released a statement: "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. We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment."
The company continued, "We will continue to support and protect everyone in our company at all costs. Any abuse will not be tolerated and will be reported. Bullying and harassment have no place online, in our industry or in our wider communities."
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This made up crap was started by Disney with Star Wars and Marvel race and gender swapping then screaming racism/sexism when somebody pointed out that it made no sense to the story.
Nobody cares about Shakespeare plays enough to complain and Shakespeare has been done in every friggen country with every different ethnicity. Pathetic attempt at publicity. Was Lizzo unavailable to play Juliet?
Blah blah blah
Exactly. I don't really care what color the actress is, but Juliet was only 13 years old in the play. The actress looks to be 20-ish. That puts an entirely different spin on the entire dynamic of the play.
At least they are not building submarines and warships for our Navy:
Navy Focused on DEI, Now It Can’t Figure Out How to Build Ships!
“We don’t have detailed plans of action, milestones, initiatives.”
April 8, 2024 by Daniel Greenfield
“America’s Navy values diversity, equality and inclusivity,” the woke Navy leadership claims. “We believe that when a diverse group of individuals come together to do a job, they can do it better because of their differences.”
The Year of Hate helped accelerate the woke destruction of the US Navy.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday announced that he wanted to change the Navy. While the title of the video of his remarks was “One Team, One Navy”, its divisive message was that the Navy was racist and only “conversations” about race would help.
Gilday “shared” videos of naval personnel claiming that America was racist and that they were angry. “Being African-American in America is not fun,” an aviation technician claimed.
A lieutenant commander claimed that he had experienced “systemic racism” and “implicit bias”. A white corpsman urged that “we can stand up for change” and declared that, “tomorrow’s Navy will finally stand on the right side of history when we realize that black lives matter.”
“I have become very aware of my privilege as a white person,” a female musician confessed. Then she claimed that “this country has a history of systemic racism” and called for creating a “country that is more equitable and just.”
The video closed with Gilday vowing to eliminate “systemic racism” with a new task force.
How’s that working out? The “diverse group of individuals” can’t seem to get anything done beyond DEI sessions.
The Navy’s top admiral and civilian secretary have still not responded to questions about a damning Navy report released Tuesday outlining the sweeping failure of the Navy and its industrial partners to make expected progress on two submarine programs, an aircraft carrier and a new class of frigates.
The delays, from one to three years each depending on the program, come as the Navy and Pentagon pour billions into modernizing and upgrading shipyards in an attempt to build and repair ships more quickly and keep pace with China. Beijing’s navy has already surpassed the U.S. in size.
The revelations came in a one-page fact sheet the Navy put together outlining the findings of Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s 45-day shipbuilding study which he ordered in January. Neither Del Toro or the service’s top officer, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, released a statement or commented on the report, which shows a total of 11 years worth of delays across the affected programs.
Two classes of nuclear-powered submarines lead the list of delays, one of which will be the main carrier of the nation’s sea-based nuclear missiles.
Aware of the issues for years, the Navy is still unsure how to fix them.
“We don’t have detailed plans of action, milestones, initiatives — we are identifying and deeply looking into where we are now in a ‘get real, get better’ approach,” Nickolas Guertin, the Navy’s senior acquisition executive, told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday after unveiling the results of the Navy-ordered 45-day study.
“We found that we have issues that need to be resolved,” he said. “But we don’t have all those things completely nailed down yet.”
More videos about systemic racism should do it. And diversity. Diversity can fix anything.
“America’s Navy values diversity, equality and inclusivity,” the woke Navy leadership claims. “We believe that when a diverse group of individuals come together to do a job, they can do it better because of their differences.”
The Year of Hate helped accelerate the woke destruction of the US Navy.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday announced that he wanted to change the Navy. While the title of the video of his remarks was “One Team, One Navy”, its divisive message was that the Navy was racist and only “conversations” about race would help.
Gilday “shared” videos of naval personnel claiming that America was racist and that they were angry. “Being African-American in America is not fun,” an aviation technician claimed.
A lieutenant commander claimed that he had experienced “systemic racism” and “implicit bias”. A white corpsman urged that “we can stand up for change” and declared that, “tomorrow’s Navy will finally stand on the right side of history when we realize that black lives matter.”
“I have become very aware of my privilege as a white person,” a female musician confessed. Then she claimed that “this country has a history of systemic racism” and called for creating a “country that is more equitable and just.”
The video closed with Gilday vowing to eliminate “systemic racism” with a new task force.
How’s that working out? The “diverse group of individuals” can’t seem to get anything done beyond DEI sessions.
The Navy’s top admiral and civilian secretary have still not responded to questions about a damning Navy report released Tuesday outlining the sweeping failure of the Navy and its industrial partners to make expected progress on two submarine programs, an aircraft carrier and a new class of frigates.
The delays, from one to three years each depending on the program, come as the Navy and Pentagon pour billions into modernizing and upgrading shipyards in an attempt to build and repair ships more quickly and keep pace with China. Beijing’s navy has already surpassed the U.S. in size.
The revelations came in a one-page fact sheet the Navy put together outlining the findings of Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s 45-day shipbuilding study which he ordered in January. Neither Del Toro or the service’s top officer, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, released a statement or commented on the report, which shows a total of 11 years worth of delays across the affected programs.
Two classes of nuclear-powered submarines lead the list of delays, one of which will be the main carrier of the nation’s sea-based nuclear missiles.
Aware of the issues for years, the Navy is still unsure how to fix them.
“We don’t have detailed plans of action, milestones, initiatives — we are identifying and deeply looking into where we are now in a ‘get real, get better’ approach,” Nickolas Guertin, the Navy’s senior acquisition executive, told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday after unveiling the results of the Navy-ordered 45-day study.
“We found that we have issues that need to be resolved,” he said. “But we don’t have all those things completely nailed down yet.”
More videos about systemic racism should do it. And diversity. Diversity can fix anything.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/navy-focused-on-dei-now-it-cant-figure-out-how-to-build-ships/
Wouldn’t this be cultural appropriation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCH-kiLTgTI
This is who will be saying, “Romeo! Romeo! Where for art thou, Romeo!”
If I were Romeo, I’d be trying to get away too!
And there is NOTHING racists about not wanting to see blacks playing whites in a time when all the Europeans were white!
This is who will be saying, “Romeo! Romeo! Where for art thou, Romeo!”
= = =
Please convert to AAVE.
It would be like having a remake of Roots” with an all-star honkey cast.
“Sounds like culture appropriation to me.
Or does that only work one way?”
I have absolutely had the conversation with several black people about cultural appropriation and I always get them to shut up when I tell them to give up their TVs, radios, cars, smart phones, airplanes, flush toilets and computers. If they keep it up I ask what is all of the hair straightening about.
Let’s see some instances of this “bullying.”
It’s probably just people expressing a sincere opinion about her suitability for the role. Physical appearance is fair game for criticism in the visual and performing arts.
Of course the theater company and probably the actress herself are enjoying every second of it. It lets them play the role of victim and moral scold, which these types relish.
Yep, this is the norm now for Disney by the woke a-holes that run that company. They also did the same for “The Little Mermaid” then claimed people were sending racist comments. Disney is beyond pathetic
I did in comment 12 LOL
This sounds bogus to me. Who is bullying her? This sounds like an artificial “controversy” meant to bring publicity.
HARD pass on ANOTHER remake.
Oh so NOW its racist bullying. How about when a White actor plays a non White character?
That's why they picked her, isn't it? They did this deliberately to stir up a bunch of trouble. They certainly didn't pick her for her looks or for any desire to be true to the story.
if the errors of my life dropped that into my life... i’d commit suicide as well.
LOL!!! And have them act like stereotypical white English people
“Your name is Toby!”
“I care to disagree my good man, my name is Todd Winthorpe III and your whip is rending my flesh you beastly little ogre”
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