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As a former (high school and college) actor, I don't have any problem with this. After all, the purpose of an actor or actress (do we still have those?) is to, in essence, "pretend" to be someone else. What counts is how well they pull it off, not whether or not they have particular physical characteristics. There may be differences between stage and film, however: Laurence Olivier probably could not get away with playing Othello in 2001, considering the array of excellent black actors we have these days. However, he should not be excluded simply because of the color of his skin. After all, perhaps Othello was a light-skinned Moor, no? Timothy Lillie, Ph.D. Department of Curricular & Instructional Studies The College of Education 322 Zook Hall The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-4205 330-972-6746 Therešs not so much obvious > disability in the remake though, and the playing of a disabled > artist by an > able-bodied actor is bound reopen the debate about whether disabled actors > should be employed to play disabled parts. What do list members think? > > > > Best wishes, > > > Michael Morgan > 2 Glenhill Park > Glen Rd. > Belfast > BT11 8GB > Tel: 028 9030 2944 > Fax: 028 9030 2973 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List > are now located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. > ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.