As I got older I wanted to learn more about who had created such wonderful tales and when I looked I was inspired by what I saw. This of course caught my attention and when I started reading them they captured my imagination. I remember my father had a collection of classic books, bound in faux leather with gold leaf print. even in the form of a cartoon, “ Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds” in the early 80′s.įor me it’s great that once again these works are getting exposure as I’ve felt a love for stories of adventure ever since I was a child.
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The Three Musketeers has been produced on screen in film and TV numerous times. Many will know their motto,Īs their adventures are played out in the BBC’s new Sunday night family drama series. Media Diversified: Tackling the Lack of Diversity in UK Media and the Ubiquity of WhitenessĪ new generation of viewers are being introduced to the swashbuckling adventures of D’Artagnan and his friends and brothers in arms Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Tags: Alexandre Dumas, Howard Charles, Stuart Jeffries, The GuardianĬomments Off on Why did the BBC cast a mixed-race Porthos in The Musketeers?Īlexandre Dumas: An Original Writer of Colour “And,” they sighed, mid-tirade, “there is the one obligatory part-black character to prove that multiculti political correctness outweighs historical accuracy.”… One Telegraph reader didn’t during their below-the-line rant against what they called a “dumbed down romp”. There’s so much diverting stuff in BBC1’s current adaptation of The Musketeers that you might have missed perhaps its most intriguing aspect. Dead-eyed Peter Capaldi as Louis XIII’s enforcer Cardinal Richelieu, that 17th-century prototype of Capaldi’s Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It? Check.
Stuart Jeffries, Feature Writer and ColumnistĬertain viewers are non-plussed by the casting of a musketeer of colour, but surely blind casting is preferable to an historical whitewash Why did the BBC cast a mixed-race Porthos in The Musketeers?
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