Aussie Paper Boycotts Play After Producers Block White Critics

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The producers of an Australian production of 'Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner' banned white critics from reviewing the play, so one of the country’s top newspapers decided not to send anyone at all.

banned white critics from reviewing the play, so one of the country’s top newspapers decided not to send anyone at all. The arts editor for Melbourne’sElizabeth Flux, derided the producers’ decision as misguided, arguing it “promotes tokenism, undermines the health of the critical landscape” and disservices critics and audiences.

The play—written by Black playwright Jasmine Lee-Jones—involves two Black women who set off a social media firestorm after they call out Jenner for her privilege. The producers—neither of whom are people of color, Flux wrote—said requiring that reviewers be people of color was meant, in part, to force media organizations to increase representation on their teams. “We need greater diversity across all levels of media, from editors through to writers,” Flux responded in an op-ed.

 

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tbf it should read 'White Producers Block White Critics'

We’ll just based on the title, I hope it’s a smash hit.

“Banned white critics” is a fairly disingenuous way of selling this story

This may be the most insane thing I’ve heard about Australia, ever.

I appreciate the reaction but a flash in the pan is all this is.

How, exactly, do producers block critics from reviewing a show? A person watches the show, leaves the show, writes a review for their publication. Which step do producers have control over?

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