  In the many press accounts of director Michael Oatman casting a white man to play Dr. Martin Luther King in Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, stories have all acknowledged Oatman's original concept of splitting the role between black and white actors. His intent was, in his words: "I truly wanted to explore the issue of racial ownership and authenticity. I didn't want this to be a stunt, but a true explorati…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 03:05PM on November 16, 2015