OPINION | 'Amid the juicy drama of Michele replacing Beanie Feldstein in 'Funny Girl,' the former 'Glee' star’s problematic and racist behavior shouldn’t be ignored.'
It’s also a rare occurrence that anyone other than theater nerds would care about the behind-the-scenes machinations of a Broadway show. But Michele and Feldstein’s screen credits and greater celebrity status have given average TV and movie watchers an inlet into an otherwise niche controversy.
And yet, to define this particular debacle as gratifying feels wrong, given who’s benefiting from this casting shakeup and who’s being punished.of Michele replacing Feldstein first emerged, my Twitter timeline was filled with people amused by the notion of a hungry, try-hard performer getting the role of a lifetime—and snatching it away from someone who probably should’ve never been hired in the first place because of their lackluster vocal chops.
, which were brought to light during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. And many of the people I did see discussing thestar’s behavior described her past offenses with broad, tepid terms, such as “mean,” “rude,” and “diva.”appropriate in her case—although I don’t think “diva” should be automatically synonymous with oppressive behavior.
For instance, we’ve all dealt with someone bumping into us without saying “excuse me” or not holding a door open for us—behavior I would classify as rude.
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