the lens of a white male. My own view is that the one token person of color, Belize, does not begin to address the issue of ethnic representation in Angels in America as it relates to a diverse and inclusive cast of characters. Furthermore, in Bill Stanford Pincheon's article BLACK AND QUEER VISUAL CULTURE: An Annotated Filmography and Reference Guide argues that:
Many in the professional field are unaware that Black lesbians and gay men have created a substantial body of work in film and video. Given the existence of Black gay men and women in film, the history of the production of Black queer images is not as recent as many may suppose, but it is a very recent historical phenomenon if one looks at Black gay men and women behind the camera. …show more content…
Perhaps, this is how Angels in America should be viewed; as a political struggle, between the characters and not so much about the people who are cast in these roles. In Richard Dyer Article White he states that "I do not mean either to display the expiation of my guilt about being white, nor hint that is also awful to be white (because it is an inadequate, limiting the definition of being human, because feeling guilty is such a burden)"(45). I could not have summed this up any better myself. Dyer delves deeper by stating, "Studies of dominance by the dominant should not deny the place of the writer in relation to what s/he is writing about it, but nor should they be the green light for self-recrimination or trying to get in on the act"(45). I wonder if this is how Kushner felt when he was writing his play Angels in America. Dyer's thoughts put an interesting spin on things, on whether or not Angel in America is biased toward having the majority of its cast members with a Caucasian background. However, as we learned from our class in the lecture hall Hollywood /mainstream that Caucasians are playing the overwhelming majority of roles. In Jonathan Beller's article Prosthetics of Whiteness: Drone Psychosis, argues
Many in the professional field are unaware that Black lesbians and gay men have created a substantial body of work in film and video. Given the existence of Black gay men and women in film, the history of the production of Black queer images is not as recent as many may suppose, but it is a very recent historical phenomenon if one looks at Black gay men and women behind the camera. …show more content…
Perhaps, this is how Angels in America should be viewed; as a political struggle, between the characters and not so much about the people who are cast in these roles. In Richard Dyer Article White he states that "I do not mean either to display the expiation of my guilt about being white, nor hint that is also awful to be white (because it is an inadequate, limiting the definition of being human, because feeling guilty is such a burden)"(45). I could not have summed this up any better myself. Dyer delves deeper by stating, "Studies of dominance by the dominant should not deny the place of the writer in relation to what s/he is writing about it, but nor should they be the green light for self-recrimination or trying to get in on the act"(45). I wonder if this is how Kushner felt when he was writing his play Angels in America. Dyer's thoughts put an interesting spin on things, on whether or not Angel in America is biased toward having the majority of its cast members with a Caucasian background. However, as we learned from our class in the lecture hall Hollywood /mainstream that Caucasians are playing the overwhelming majority of roles. In Jonathan Beller's article Prosthetics of Whiteness: Drone Psychosis, argues