In order to answer this question, let’s think the same thing in another way. Why can’t Mulan be played by a white/black actor? Why does “Captain America” have to be a white guy? Why does “Black Panther” have to be a “physically” black actor? People will have an assumption of what visual pictures they should get based on the story setting or the source material.
Zorana Mihelčić is a multifaceted culture entrepreneur, and is the art director of Sibenik Dance Festival. Zorana works with professional artists and young talent alike. After gaining a degree in English language and literature at Belgrade University, Serbia, Zorana studied and lived in Belgrade, spent a year in London, and then decided to move to Croatia, to her hometown Šibenik. There, she established the Shadow Dance Theatre (Croatian – Plesni Teatar Sjene) and currently resides there today.
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