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Right. So, I figured if she can fit in Elizabethan England with nary a second glance why should Edwardian England be any different?
but she shouldn't have, that's my point.
But wouldn't people have found a black person somewhat of a wonder in Elizabethan England? Even in London?
yes, but there is a difference between finding someone different and finding them inferior. Of course, the issue in this ep is probably more class than race.
But, I think that the show has taken the decision to NOT make anything of race and they pretty much haven't.
I agree that the stuff this week was much more about class than race.
But, I think that the show has taken the decision to NOT make anything of race and they pretty much haven't.
and it doesn't make any sense.
No, I'm guessing it's their version of color-blind casting.
It's all or none. If you are doing color blind casting, then it's not even alluded to at all. You can't just refer to color when it's convenient for the plot and ignore it at all other times.
I'm not going to hoist them on a petard of colour-blind casting, because it's a generally selectively blind casting issue. Race, clothing, speech, gender--none of it matters except when it matters. I shrug and let it slide. It would be tiresome if it always mattered realistically but I'm not pissed if they use it every now and again.
True. I just find it annoying. It's not that difficult to think about it and make it work. Just a few people staring at Martha in amazement in the Shakespeare Code would have it work.
BTW, Martha's sister Tish (okay, the actress that plays Tish) was in Miss Marple this week (Ordeal by Innocence) - it also featured Richard Armitage and that red-headed guy from Keen Eddie.
that red-headed guy from Keen Eddie.
I like him. I never remember anything other than that red headed guy from Keen Eddie that has three names though.
Exactly. Well, his two last names are particularly odd.