tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post2779275479230278538..comments2024-02-19T06:19:51.517+00:00Comments on The Brontë Parsonage Blog: Bonnie Greer- absolutely magneticUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post-65673895305048949982012-02-28T01:57:33.033+00:002012-02-28T01:57:33.033+00:00If Emily Brontë had meant for Heathcliff to be bla...If Emily Brontë had meant for Heathcliff to be black, she would have had all the racist language in her novel that Ms Arnold seems to think is important in her retelling of a classic. Heathcliff is not black. That doesn't mean that a black shouldn't be cast in the role. Ms Arnold has done so. What it means, however, is consistent with the rewriting of history. By "rewriting" I mean distortion. Ms Arnold has distorted Emily's intent. She has the legal right to do so. But the vast majority of classical lit readers are going to resent and reject it.<br />Does that mean that Japan, India, Mexico cannot recreate Wuthering Heights/Jane Eyre in their own image? Not at all. They have done so. But it is not what their authors had in mind. Mexico's Abismos de Pasion is as far removed from Wuthering Heights as you can imagine without the moors. How about France's Hurlevant? Do you get the same emotional reaction when Cathy exclaims "Je suis Roc" instead of "I am Heathcliff". The word Heathcliff is so original, so English, so integral to Emily's tale, how can the word "Roc" ever replace it?<br />What is needed here is not rewriting the classics but to create new classics. Instead of writing miscast actors into literature not intended for them, write literature that IS meant for them. Where are the writers who can create a black Heathcliff, a Hispanic Horatio Hornblower, an Oriental Jane Eyre? Where writers of color are on solid ground is when Hollywood casts white actors as Charlie Chan, etc. I wonder how long it will take for the industry to cast a black, Hispanic, oriental actor as Tarzan, one of the most successful characters in fiction? Hard to do when you consider that the word "Tarzan" means "white skin" in the lexicon of Edgar Rice Burroughs. <br />If I understand the multicultural elite correctly, they will not hesitate to do so.Paul Daniggelisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post-35421143096726477002011-11-03T19:28:05.046+00:002011-11-03T19:28:05.046+00:00The size of words in this blog are somewhat small ...The size of words in this blog are somewhat small that even I make an effort but still hard to read.Sigh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post-8538418935942318372011-10-20T09:53:31.963+01:002011-10-20T09:53:31.963+01:00A great advert for the Brontes.
Andrew talked abou...A great advert for the Brontes.<br />Andrew talked about all the improvements at the Parsonage; I really hope the Council will support him in his plans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post-86936499328533183812011-10-20T08:23:39.781+01:002011-10-20T08:23:39.781+01:00I agree. She was magnetic. Good to have her as pre...I agree. She was magnetic. Good to have her as president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com