Message from scampbell

[Anonymous]

I've seen discussions on this topic specific to Memoir of a Geisha. The guy who cast these actresses said he chose them because he felt they would be best for the part. He also cast Queen Lateefa in Chicago. He was well aware of the fact that there would not have been an African American woman as the matron of a prison during the time period; but she WAS the matron in his mind (and as it turned out--a great choice