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A Landmark Tony Awards Season for Black Actors by Patrick Healy
When Cicely Tyson was asked to star in The Trip to Bountiful on Broadway this spring, she knew some people might regard it as a marketing ploy. Her role was originally conceived as a white character, after all, with Geraldine Page winning an Academy Award in the 1985 film version.
But at Sunday’s Tony Awards, Ms. Tyson made history with her performance. Not only did she become the oldest person to win a Tony, at the age of 88, but she and another black actress — Patina Miller in the musical Pippin — earned Tonys for roles that were not created for black women. Such performances, like Audra McDonald’s in the 1994 Broadway revival of Carousel, are very rare.
“I’ve never seen characters as ‘black’ or ‘white,’ and I believe people who saw my casting as a gimmick — well, that’s their limitation,” Ms. Tyson said on Monday. “Because I’m black doesn’t make me any less human. The Tonys honored all of us for playing our characters as human beings.” [Continue reading at the New York Times.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f5e18898e11a50fe4493b06c85446f3/tumblr_mo9dygDo8q1rkianko1_250.jpg)
I know this isn’t a reaction gif, but I felt like it would be appreciated anyway. :)
THIS. so inspiring.
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I know this isn’t a reaction gif, but I felt like it would be appreciated anyway. :)
THIS. so inspiring.
(Source: bullet-fuzz, via myhypnopsychosis)
