shel90

I was discussing this with my friend today about how Broadway hired a high profile actress to play the role of Helen Keller because the investors and producers needed a household name to generate profits. The argument is that the actor/acrtress really do not know what it is like to be deaf or blind so are they as capable of making the audience feel the character's experiences as a deaf or blind person as an actual deaf or blind performer? In my opinion, I dont think they do and I think any effort should be made to give these kinds of role to actual deaf or blind performers who are just as talented as those big name performers. It seem like the role or the creative aspect of the story is compromised for the sake of big money.

What do you think?

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