Original sentence: In addition, theatre history shows that leading Broadway writers had long used the musical as a medium to call for tolerance and racial harmony, such as in Finian's Rainbow and by Hammerstein himself in South Pacific.That was the point of Edna Ferber's novel.That was the point of the show.That's how Oscar wrote it.... I think this is about as far from racism as you can get.Those who attempt to understand works like Show Boat and Porgy and Bess through the eyes of their creators usually comprehend that the show.was a statement AGAINST racism