January 22, 2006

Damn, they get all the good roles!

Filed under: Acting, Performing Arts � Planetkarl @ 8:54 pm

I would love to get more parts, but the blind and retarded people seem to get all the good roles! Seriously though, it is true that director Wang Mo-lin’s play “Black Hole: Ending” is hiring these sorts of actors for the lead roles. Blind actor Liu Maoying and (being politically correct) “mentally disabled” 18-year-old girl from Hong Kong are the two leads. Though by mentally disabled, they probably mean mentally not-as-able?

It proves that through determination you really can achieve anything. This is the first time anything like this has happened in China. I am not sure, but can you readers think of any other time we have had disabled actors taking lead roles in films or plays?

Anyhow, kudos to them and I wish them luck. I think it is amazing, and I think it would be very intriguing to see such a thing.

 

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