Mascots: what’s in a name?

by Robert Archerd, February 25, 2022

In my February 18 article, a reader disagreed with my premise that it was okay for Laurence Olivier to portray Othello since he’s a Shakespearean actor and Othello is a Shakespeare play. She disagreed because, and I’m paraphrasing, people of color have historically been too often denied access to such roles.

She’s right. And that’s not just an opinion, it’s verifiable. So my bad. My feeble excuse is Medium informed me on February 15 that I had until March 2 to have at least 100 followers or my account would get the boot! Whoa! Out of left…