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re: Philly High School drops MILLIE after complaints of racism
Posted by: LynnB 01:14 pm EST 12/27/15
In reply to: re: Philly High School drops MILLIE after complaints of racism - BruceinIthaca 04:35 pm EST 12/26/15
I agree with you on all counts.

None of these 'ethnic stereotypes as a joke' was funny in the first place, and including them today is actually counter-productive: The discomfort it inevitably create in the audience, however fleeting, is a distraction that can only hurt the production. On those theatrical grounds alone, they should be cut and/or rewritten -- and the New Yorker article about the Dalton production describes how easy it is to do that.
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