Portman: How 'cultural appropriation' challenges artistic creativity

Last year, the Stratford Festival unveiled a production for the memory books. The Breathing Hole, by Canadian playwright Colleen Murphy, traced the mythic adventures of a polar bear through centuries of Canadian history, beginning with the first contact between white explorers and the Inuit of the North. It was a spellbinding experience, enriched by the presence of several Inuit cast members and an Indigenous director.
Less than a year later, Quebec’s internationally renowned Robert Lepage