Best Supporting Male Actor In A Play ~ Christian Alifoe (Play Group) Pictured Below By @IvanWeiss.London
Black People Are Not A Monolith
Black People In Reality Are All Very Different Indeed. Just Like Any Other Race of People. They Are Also Often Multi-Talented, Marvellous & Momentous!
Tina & Nina Are Historical Musical Legends. Nadine Benjamin Is A Living Musical Legend. Of These Three Musical Legends One Is A Blues Singer. One Is A Rock Singer. And One Is An Opera Singer. They Are All Black. They Are All Female. And They Are All Women. And Most Importantly They Are All Different With Different Musical Talents. And Yet What They All Have In Common Is That They Have All Been Historically Subjected To Gatekeeper Racism In An Effort To Minimize Their Talent, Discredit Their Talent, And Mis-Represent Them Generally. And This Is So Done By Whom? And Why? (That’s A Debate For Another Time Perhaps.)
Such Madness, Narrow-Mindedness-Come-Wickedness, Come-Limting Practice, Needs To Stop. Right Now! It’s As Mad & Bad As Exerting That All White Folks Are Heavy-Metal Rockers Just Because Some of Them Like Heavy Metal Group Black Sabbath & Lead Singer Ozzy Osborne. Not All White Folks Are Heavy Metal Rockers Just As Not All Black Folks To Be R n B or Jazz Singers.
Best Dance Performance By Isabela Coracy For Nina @isabel_coracy, Elesha Paul Moses For Tina @eleshapaulmoses & Nadine Benjamin @nadinebenjaminsoprano For Blue, Highlight That Black Talent Can Shine Across The Whole Musical Spectrum From Blues, To R n’ B, To Opera. And That Applies To Our Talented Men & B0ys Too, As Mother Lisa Lintott Went To Extraordinary Lengths To Prove. But Here’s The Thing “Why Was She Put Through That, Unlike Some Certain Other Mothers?”
Nina: By What Ever Means ~ Illustration @vanessavincepang
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical ~ Live Performance: @tinathemusical.com/uk
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