I'm glad Matt turned them down then. I'd just read so much anti-gay slurs around him that it made me suspicious. I read a lot of them surround Ellen during the Oscars as well. Just when you think things are getting better.
I still haven't been able to watch Tropic of Thunder or whatever it's called with Robert Downey Jr. I've tried and tried and just couldn't do it. Even though I understand the point, the idea of a white person playing a black character in literal black face just disturbs me. And I found it completely unfunny. I don't feel the same way about orientation and identity. Maybe that stems from there just not being enough out actors and even less transgender actors. But, I really don't think most gay actors only want to play gay characters. It's very limiting. It's limiting for straight actors at well. Maybe it shouldn't be, but race is just different. I still cringe when I see some of the old movies where white people are playing Native Americans. I think Dances with Wolves proved that there are no shortage of Native American actors that just don't get to work. I'm also wondering if more gay actors had the courage to come out and stop worrying about their A-list careers, that all this social commentary about straight actors playing gay characters would end. As it stands, you don't see a lot of gay actors begging for gay roles, which I'm guessing is, because the out ones are few and far between, at least as far as mainstream film is concerned. I'd have to see if it's possible to research, but are there actually a lot of transgendered actors out there auditioning? It would be interesting to know what percentage of SAG is out whether that being gay, bi, trans, or other queer-identifying. I had a hard time typing queer. That word still bothers me even though I was working on a writing project years ago and talked to one of my gay friends about it and said it was fine, depending on the context. I still hate that word.
I should warn you about the ending to The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. It still disturbs me, because I can't decide what it means in a sub-textual way, but I think Clark Gregg's performance is important. You need to see Crying Game and The Year of Living Dangerously, because I think they add to the conversation. I take it you've seen Transamerica? I thought Felicity was better than the movie. I wonder what I'd think of it now versus how ground breaking it was then. I'd point you to a documentary if I could remember the name of it. It was about a real life, obviously since it was a documentary, transgender woman who is a doctor that does gender reassignment surgery. It is fascinating. I wish I could remember the name of it. I'm so tired and stressed out that I don't have two brain cells to rub together and of course I can't sleep. So I hope this is somewhat lucid. I'm going to read your link now. I'm curious.
I just went poking around. I'm not sure I buy the argument, but I found the list of trans actresses interesting.
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Date: 2014-03-04 07:32 am (UTC)I still haven't been able to watch Tropic of Thunder or whatever it's called with Robert Downey Jr. I've tried and tried and just couldn't do it. Even though I understand the point, the idea of a white person playing a black character in literal black face just disturbs me. And I found it completely unfunny. I don't feel the same way about orientation and identity. Maybe that stems from there just not being enough out actors and even less transgender actors. But, I really don't think most gay actors only want to play gay characters. It's very limiting. It's limiting for straight actors at well. Maybe it shouldn't be, but race is just different. I still cringe when I see some of the old movies where white people are playing Native Americans. I think Dances with Wolves proved that there are no shortage of Native American actors that just don't get to work. I'm also wondering if more gay actors had the courage to come out and stop worrying about their A-list careers, that all this social commentary about straight actors playing gay characters would end. As it stands, you don't see a lot of gay actors begging for gay roles, which I'm guessing is, because the out ones are few and far between, at least as far as mainstream film is concerned. I'd have to see if it's possible to research, but are there actually a lot of transgendered actors out there auditioning? It would be interesting to know what percentage of SAG is out whether that being gay, bi, trans, or other queer-identifying. I had a hard time typing queer. That word still bothers me even though I was working on a writing project years ago and talked to one of my gay friends about it and said it was fine, depending on the context. I still hate that word.
I should warn you about the ending to The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. It still disturbs me, because I can't decide what it means in a sub-textual way, but I think Clark Gregg's performance is important. You need to see Crying Game and The Year of Living Dangerously, because I think they add to the conversation. I take it you've seen Transamerica? I thought Felicity was better than the movie. I wonder what I'd think of it now versus how ground breaking it was then. I'd point you to a documentary if I could remember the name of it. It was about a real life, obviously since it was a documentary, transgender woman who is a doctor that does gender reassignment surgery. It is fascinating. I wish I could remember the name of it. I'm so tired and stressed out that I don't have two brain cells to rub together and of course I can't sleep. So I hope this is somewhat lucid. I'm going to read your link now. I'm curious.
I just went poking around. I'm not sure I buy the argument, but I found the list of trans actresses interesting.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/bent/10-trans-actors-who-werent-offered-jared-letos-role-in-dallas-buyers-club-20140220