Having some idiot honcho decide that PC not only has to be adhered to, but done to everything they produce, whether it makes ANY sense or not ( and after all, WHY make Achilles and Javert black, with homoerotic overtones re the later ) just does NOT pass the smell test! It doesn't do anything at all to add to the plot, understanding the character/s, nor helping the audience in any way!
I tend to be a "purest" when it comes to certain things ( most especially G&S operettas, Shakeapeare, Dickens, and some other things ); yet, I can see the validity of some changes, sometimes, such as Orson Welles' stagings of some Shakespeare plays, which really DO work!
Shakespeare in particular is particularly well suited for new staging, possibly because he was so bleepin' great. That all-star movie of "Midsummer Night's Dream" had pretty nutty staging, but it's difficult to make a version of that play that isn't entertaining. :^) MND was the first Shakespeare I ever saw, a TV version, hmm, 1966?