Great Expectations: why it’s not historically inaccurate for a Dickens character to be Black: A new BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations by British screenwriter Stephen Knight has hit screens across Britain, to immediate controversy from some viewers who criticised the colour-blind casting that involved non-white actors playing important characters. The lawyer Jaggers is …
Bridgerton: in defence of ‘inaccurate’ costumes in period dramas: Netflix recently announced that its new series, Bridgerton, is the company’s most popular show to date. Adapted from Julia Quinn’s historical novels, Bridgerton depicts a set of upper class families at the beginning of the London “season” in 1813. The show has captured audiences and critics …
South Africa in the news: Report: World Bank’s International Poverty Line ‘is an inaccurate reflection of extreme poverty’: Because of the pandemic and bleak economic outlook in South Africa, now is precisely the time that economic policy is being formulated. This economic policy must be formulated with the progression of …: “South Africa” – BingNews …