The DVD release of the film of Othello should ... "felt superior to the white man." Indeed, back to E&W, the performance "that to many seemed a risible caricature of a black man…endowed Othello ...

Is Othello black? With the news that David Oyelowo will ... if he can really have friends and be loved by a beautiful woman, the white characters in the play can’t accept it,” Spiro said.

That year, he starred in the comedy “Checkmates,” written by prolific Black playwright ... role was played by white actors who darkened their skin with makeup to play Othello.

Even after cancelling the production, to defend its choice the directors referenced theatre’s history of blackface and a 2011 Berlin production that starred a white, female Othello in a gorilla suit.