Posted on 01/02/2021 4:04:14 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
In early December, Netflix dropped its highly anticipated musical comedy “The Prom,” starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells and James Corden asfading Broadway stars who set out to help a lesbian teen take her girlfriend to the prom. The film, helmed by out director Ryan Murphy, got mixed reviews, but some lambasted it as “homophobic” and “offensive” because of the casting of Corden, a straight actor, in what they saw as an “aggressively flamboyant” caricature of a gay man.
Erik Anderson, who runs the film site Awards Watch, called “The Prom” a “gorgeous and vibrant production” but tweeted that Corden’s “performance is gross and offensive, the worst gayface in a long, long time.”
The controversy threw fuel on an already simmering debate: Should non-LGBTQ actors still be cast in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer roles?
There’s no shortage of celebrities playing queer characters in television and film. But increasingly, LGBTQ actors are getting tapped to play these roles, and many of them feel only they have the authenticity and experience to bring these characters to life.
Transgender actor Zoey Luna, 19, who starred in the 2020 film “The Craft: Legacy,” said she brings “real representation” to the character of Lourdes, a teenage witch who is trans.
“I think when a cis person goes in to play a trans role,” Luna said of cisgender, or nontransgender, actors, “they're bringing more of a projection.”
While straight and cisgender actors are given many opportunities to play roles outside their own gender and sexuality, many gay and trans actors say they are given far less leeway. This is another reason, in addition to the authenticity factor, that some argue queer roles should be reserved for queer actors.
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What about the freaks and hairies?
“for their to be a conflict her we’d first need to be aware of the true sexual orientation or gender-identification for every actor no “
Way too much information for me.
I’m like author Lewis Grizzard... Why can’t they just go in the closet and do their thing. When they’ve finished and cleaned up come on back into the real world.
Well done...you caught that!
Tell me where is sanity?
To even begin to make that claim, they must first demand that gay actors not play parts of straight people. Then we can at least know they are being serious.
How about just making shows to tell a good story instead of an SJW agenda?
I was watching a lot of those on Viki but in the last couple of months they’ve put most everything behind their paywall...most things no longer free (with ads).
Should a homosexual actor or actress be allowed to play a heterosexual part?
Okay, so that means that “HAMILTON” needs to be taken off the stage ... right?
You can’t tell me that straight actors who do this aren’t a little light in the loafers.
The ever increasing political litmus tests and purity spirals will DRIVE adoption of animation ...
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