Diversity Without Pity #22 | Emerald City

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Somewhere between the gloom of Game of Thrones and the cutesy childishness of Once Upon A Time, lies Emerald City. Sprinkle in a little sexy subversiveness of Penny Dreadful, and you have one of the sexiest, most mystical takes on the L. Frank Baum classic.

Tarsem Singh, director of visually lush works like The Fall and The Cell, has a signature style that emphasizes color and production design to drive the engine of the story.

The casting in his productions often reflect a kind of casting that sees everyone in the world. Of course Dorothy in Emerald City and social worker Cathrine Deane in The Cell are Latinas. Of course, the slave in The Fall will be Black. Of course, South Asia will play a major part in his vision and casting, as Singh is from India. I love when directors of color use color to tell a story, and know that in some ways, reflect their background.

Diversity Without Pity is a blog series from IDSL, highlighting media that uses smart design, and considers the diversity of it’s casting without selling the viewer or consumer, short.