Should Straight Actors Play Gay Characters?

[Drucker]

Interesting debate here:



Is it the same as a white actor using blackface to play a black character?

 

[Donald Trump]

Interesting debate here:



Is it the same as a white actor using blackface to play a black character?

Era, Piey nailed there tbh.

End thread.

 

[Drucker]

Era, Piey nailed there tbh.

End thread.

His point about identity politics dogma is interesting though: especially when he says that a few years ago an actor would have won an Oscar for playing a trans character but now they must apologise

 

[Donald Trump]

His point about identity politics dogma is interesting though: especially when he says that a few years ago an actor would have won an Oscar for playing a trans character but now they must apologise

yes, it's completely bonkers.

What ya gonna do?

 

[Warm Leatherette]

I'm still a bit wary of that Pie fella due to his previous RT links but hes dead right. Its utter bullshit. Davies will of course get the usual bullshitters jumping to his cause.

 

[Bishop Con Lucey]

The clue is in the job title.

 

[nelly sham]

It's just nonsense. "Try acting, darling" to butcher the Olivier phrase.
Decent actors would be able to pull it off (tee hee) succesfully, lots have. . Taaron Edgerton for example.

 

[bluesball]

Should Protestants play Catholics,should Aussies play Scotsmen how far do they want to go.

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

Tom Cruise has been acting straight for years.

 

[Jim Comic]

gay actors have been playing straight characters for decades

rock hudson
tab hunter
the ginger wan from sex and the city
hurd hatfield
lindsey graham
etc, etc, etc