This is a strange move to make the play more potentially offensive to the protected members of their own audience. I also thought they were trying to de-emphasize the old playwrights (at least in schools) because they're White, so putting on a Shakespeare production adds a bit to the confusion.
Well, what can you do if the demand for racism greatly outstrips the supply.
Also the protected members of their audience will love it. They'll feel all tingly when they can claim that they are victimized (by shakespeare, of course, not by the actual racists that produced that shit)
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This is a strange move to make the play more potentially offensive to the protected members of their own audience. I also thought they were trying to de-emphasize the old playwrights (at least in schools) because they're White, so putting on a Shakespeare production adds a bit to the confusion.
Well, what can you do if the demand for racism greatly outstrips the supply.
Also the protected members of their audience will love it. They'll feel all tingly when they can claim that they are victimized (by shakespeare, of course, not by the actual racists that produced that shit)