Brit Marling, the co-creator/writer and lead actress in the OA, is white. So far she has always cast herself in the lead role of her projects. Your commentary on whiteness in film as a whole is perfectly fine, but it seems ridiculous to essentially criticize her for being snowy-white.

The ‘angel’ is white in this show because Brit Marling is white. Brit Marling is the co-creator/writer of the OA and so far has always cast herself in the lead role of her projects. If Brit Marling had been black, latino, or whatever instead that’s what the main character would be.

The show was overwhelmingly white in its casting, though I agree that the inclusion of the trans character was interesting and I thought was done tastefully. But the primary gripe of this article seems to be that the main character was snowy-white... well, Brit Marling, the lead actress and co-creator/writer of the…