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Tova:
Call me hopelessly naive, but I think the audition process might have something to do with it.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: Tova on 02 Aug 2018, 15:23 ---Call me hopelessly naive, but I think the audition process might have something to do with it.
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You're hopelessly naive.
There's no open casting call for a new Doctor. The producers offer auditions by invitation only.
Who gets invited? Mostly your usual white guys.
Tova:
Maybe? Do you know who they auditioned for the role this time? I don't.
Look, I can totally understand your cynicism. It's justified, no question. Casting a white male, not only in this iconic role but also in many others, has long been the norm. Still, to respond to the first ever casting of a female in the role with, "Yeah sure, but it won't happen again" seems churlish. Yes, okay, there's a selection process before they audition, that is so. But I imagine open auditions would be a nightmare.
While I can hardly claim with certainty that it won't be a white male next time, I don't see any reason to dismiss the possibility. I chose to remain optimistic about future casting. If that makes me hopelessly naive, then I'll wear that.
Everyone has their own incompatible designs on who should be cast, each for their own reasons. The only thing I can guarantee about the next casting is that there will be a loud chorus of whining about it from a subset of those whose designs were not met.
Unfortunately, claims regarding the motivations of the people responsible for casting such a culturally significant pop culture figure are unfalsifiable, as none of us can read their minds.
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 02 Aug 2018, 17:23 ---Who gets invited?
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Well, hopefully. The whole point is to find them.
BenRG:
My concern was that the BBC cast Ms Whittaker simply as a publicity stunt dressed up as inclusivity in anticipation of her drawing in a large young, female audience. Because of this, I fear that she won't be given a fair chance; if she doesn't immediately start brining in enormous ratings, then they may not give her a chance to prove her ability but will be canned in favour of a return to a 'safe' casting.
Lots of in-house BBC productions suffer from this 'old white male pretending to be hip' syndrome.
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