Nine questions every actor of color should consider when tokenism is not enough (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Davis, Shanésia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book confronts and analyzes the systemic racism that confronts actors of color in the USA through interviews with leading performers in the nation's theatrical epicentre of Chicago.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040007501
• Artikelnr.: 70265423

Autorenporträt

Shanésia Davis is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Acting at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, USA. Ms. Davis is also an award-winning stage, television, and film actor based in Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

1. How has your being/identity affected your career? 2. What obstacles have
you encountered because of your being/identity? 3. Does your identity/being
impact how you approach a role? A role traditionally played by a white
actor? 4. Have you had any positive experience with a director who
understood identity consciousness? 5. Have you had any negative experience
with a director who did not understand identity consciousness? 6. Has
anyone ever asked you to modify or neutralize your identity to gain a role
or play a role? 7. Do you think there have been changes made in the
performance industry since the time you started? 8. What changes need to be
made to ensure an equitable workplace? 9. What advice would you give to a
beginning identity actor?