Kent State Univ. cancels production of West Side Story after complaints that too many white [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | October 3, 2018 | Keith Griffith

[C19fan]

A student production of West Side Story at Kent State University has been cancelled after uproar that white students had been cast to play Latino characters.

Latino students who auditioned for roles playing members of the 'Sharks', a Puerto Rican street gang in the musical, were outraged after the three leading roles all went to non-Latino students.

Kent State musical theater major Bridgett Martinez, whose parents are from Puerto Rico, auditioned for her dream role as the romantic lead Maria, and was devastated when a white student landed the part.

The musical, an adaptation of Romeo And Juliet, is set in 1950s New York City and tells the story of forbidden love between the leader of the Polish-American Jets and the sister of the Sharks' leader.

[C19fan]

So some Latins did not get parts so they decided to blow up the production. I luv this:

Theater major Viviana Cardenas, 21, auditioned for another leading role as Puerto Rican character Anita, but was disappointed when the role went to a black student.

Does that make Miss Cardenas a racist???

I think the whole musical is problematic. The music and lyrics were composed by three Jews. They committed a act of cultural genocide against Puerto Ricans.

[freedumb2003]

Do “Song of the South.”

[Red Badger]

Would they have done the same at a ‘Hamilton’ production?.................

[Rurudyne]

Just to Romeo and Juliet and cast all Asians.

[Rurudyne]

Do ... not to ... I hate typos

[circlecity]

I’ll stick with the original movie. Partly because it’s pretty good but mostly because you never pass up a chance to watch Natalie Wood.

[WKUHilltopper]

Cancel Kent State. They have white students.

[GSWarrior]

It’s called acting.

[OttawaFreeper]

I wonder if one could play this song on the campus radio station?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epnqisvSCwo

[C210N]

Krup You Kent state.

[Mears]

How did these idiots feel about “Hamilton?

.

[WKUHilltopper]

I get it! LOL

[SMGFan]

Gee, Officer Krupke, Krup You!

[LostInBayport]

Bridgett Martinez, whose parents are from Puerto Rico, auditioned for her dream role as the romantic lead Maria, and was devastated when a white student landed the part.

This is called a disappointment. A setback. A bad day.

This should be a life lesson for Bridgett that sometimes things just don't go your way. Or perhaps the lesson is that acting just isn't for her (it takes more than nationality to carry a role). Instead, the college just reinforced her twisted view that she was somehow victimized.

The future of this country is so screwed, in large part from these day care centers called "universities".

[I want the USA back]

So now White is the opposite of Hispanic?

[proud American in Canada]

Who auditioned? Lots of Latinos or not? How many could sing?

Sheesh.

[dfwgator]

Can I complain about black people playing white people in “Hamilton”?

[dfwgator]

They were “White Hispanics”.

[windsorknot]

Things have changed little on college campuses since I went to college many moons ago.

[Fiji Hill]

A student production of West Side Story at Kent State University has been cancelled after uproar that white students had been cast to play Latino characters.

Why shouldn't someone who is white--or of any color--be allowed to play a Puerto Rican? The forebears of today's Puerto Ricans came from Spain, Italy, transalpine Europe, the British Isles, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Asia--in other words, from just about every region on earth.