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== Mark Gatiss' objections == | == Mark Gatiss' objections == | ||
Writer [[Mark Gatiss]] protested against Gbadamosi's casting, as he believed that "there weren't any black soldiers in [[Victoria]]'s [[army]]". He put historical accuracy over ethnic representation, and "mak[ing] everything less homogeneously [[whitewashing|white]]", as he put the [[ | Writer [[Mark Gatiss]] protested against Gbadamosi's casting, as he believed that "there weren't any black soldiers in [[Victoria]]'s [[army]]". He put historical accuracy over ethnic representation, and "mak[ing] everything less homogeneously [[whitewashing|white]]", as he put the [[BBC]]'s general mission. He claimed an [[email]] he wrote to a colleague on the matter was "very difficult". Gatiss eventually backed down when he discovered, on doing some research, that there ''was'' one [[African]] soldier in the army at the time: Jimmy Durham. | ||
"I got kind of obsessed with this great story," Gatiss recounted. "This boy, when he was 18 years old, was rescued [from the [[River Nile|Nile]]] by the Durham Light Infantry. And they made him their mascot - they called him Jimmy Durham. And he became what was called a listed officer, by special dispensation of Queen Victoria. He retired to the North East, married a white girl, and his descendants still live there. It's an amazing story."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/06/11/exclusive-doctor-writer-protested-against-problematic-casting/|title=Exclusive: Doctor Who writer protested against 'problematic' casting of black actor as Victorian soldier|author=Camilla Turner, Tony Diver|date of source=11 June 2017|website name=The Telegraph|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> | "I got kind of obsessed with this great story," Gatiss recounted. "This boy, when he was 18 years old, was rescued [from the [[River Nile|Nile]]] by the Durham Light Infantry. And they made him their mascot - they called him Jimmy Durham. And he became what was called a listed officer, by special dispensation of Queen Victoria. He retired to the North East, married a white girl, and his descendants still live there. It's an amazing story."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/06/11/exclusive-doctor-writer-protested-against-problematic-casting/|title=Exclusive: Doctor Who writer protested against 'problematic' casting of black actor as Victorian soldier|author=Camilla Turner, Tony Diver|date of source=11 June 2017|website name=The Telegraph|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 19:14, 23 March 2024
Bayo Gbadamosi played Vincey in the Doctor Who television story Empress of Mars. Vincey is a member of the British Army in 1881.
Mark Gatiss' objections[[edit] | [edit source]]
Writer Mark Gatiss protested against Gbadamosi's casting, as he believed that "there weren't any black soldiers in Victoria's army". He put historical accuracy over ethnic representation, and "mak[ing] everything less homogeneously white", as he put the BBC's general mission. He claimed an email he wrote to a colleague on the matter was "very difficult". Gatiss eventually backed down when he discovered, on doing some research, that there was one African soldier in the army at the time: Jimmy Durham.
"I got kind of obsessed with this great story," Gatiss recounted. "This boy, when he was 18 years old, was rescued [from the Nile] by the Durham Light Infantry. And they made him their mascot - they called him Jimmy Durham. And he became what was called a listed officer, by special dispensation of Queen Victoria. He retired to the North East, married a white girl, and his descendants still live there. It's an amazing story."[1]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bayo Gbadamosi at the Internet Movie Database
- Bayo Gbadamosi at Curtis Brown
- Official Twitter account
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Camilla Turner, Tony Diver (11 June 2017). Exclusive: Doctor Who writer protested against 'problematic' casting of black actor as Victorian soldier. The Telegraph. Retrieved on 13 June 2017.
