Adam Pearson Asks Why Actors Still Crip Up
September 11, 2018
The actor Adam Pearson has a similar condition to Joseph Merrick, whose story was told in The Elephant Man. When the BBC was remaking the biopic, he did not even get an audition. This is why he calls cripping up the 2018 version of blacking up.
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Same Difference 
What’s wrong with blacking up-or whiting up-or any other kind of makeup?It’s called acting! First requirement is that you look right.
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Well Adam Pearson **not even getting an audition** says it all.
But then it’s the ATOS-CAPITA-BBC
(£560Million)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/new-contract-technology-services
Previously –
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240214384/BBC-starts-search-for-suppliers-to-replace-2bn-Atos-outsourcing-deal
CAPITA-BBC
http://www.capita-dis.co.uk/case-study/bbcs-tv-licensing-service
“In 2011, Capita won the contract to administer the BBC’s TV Licensing function for 8 years.”
So what does he expect?
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“What’s wrong with blacking up-or whiting up”
Er –
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