The Jamie Lloyd Company has hit back after its production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” has been the subject of what they call a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” aimed at an unnamed cast member.

The play, directed by Jamie Lloyd (“Sunset Boulevard”), stars “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewaduh-Rivers (“Sex Education”) as Juliet.

On Friday, the Jamie Lloyd Company issued a statement, saying: “Following the announcement of our ‘Romeo & Juliet’ cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop.”

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    The “underwater therefore white” doesn’t hold much water, in my opinion.

    What about all those dark-colored creatures? Tuna, whales, squids?

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      Fish colors have nothing to do with melanin which determines human skin tone.

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        7 months ago

        Why do mermaids have to follow human skin tone rules instead of other aquatic mammals? Even if they’re humans who evolved a fish tail, they’ve been underwater long enough for melanin to not be the deciding color…

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        So what?

        Bro, we’re talking about a fictional creature.

        Plus “fish color” is just one attribute. I also mentioned whales and squids.

        And we don’t even know how humans would evolve to live underwater.