Why oh why do production companies persist on casting non-Jamaicans in Jamaican roles?
There are enough talented actors in Jamaica who could have made this production more authentic, but oh no they went along with the standard trope that anyone can 'sound' Jamaican accent. This is insulting as the ones in this series sounded dreadful, but I feel that this was done for the American audience (I am British born of Jamaican parentage).
I'm quite sure that some of the individuals have good acting abilities, but my gosh casting them in this production was simply wrong and ruined what had the potential of being a great show because I cringed everytime one of the 'Jamaican' actors spoke.
I will read the book instead as I feel that this production does not honour what was written by Ms Wilkerson.
There are enough talented actors in Jamaica who could have made this production more authentic, but oh no they went along with the standard trope that anyone can 'sound' Jamaican accent. This is insulting as the ones in this series sounded dreadful, but I feel that this was done for the American audience (I am British born of Jamaican parentage).
I'm quite sure that some of the individuals have good acting abilities, but my gosh casting them in this production was simply wrong and ruined what had the potential of being a great show because I cringed everytime one of the 'Jamaican' actors spoke.
I will read the book instead as I feel that this production does not honour what was written by Ms Wilkerson.