“(Editor’s note: South Pacific, like many plays, musicals, and films of its era, has an unfortunate history with racially inappropriate casting of white actors that has not carried through to most modern stagings.)” from the obit of the first white lady who played the Asian Liat on Broadway.
Puerto Rican Rita Murino would play Asian Tuptim in the King and I, while Phillippinian Lea Solonga would play a Veitnamese in Miss Siagon! So where do you draw the line on being politically correct? What about a black actor playing Jean Valjean or a black actress making herself appear more black?
And that is all I”m going to say about that!
Drain the Cesspool 