tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post7128405080974944709..comments2024-02-24T15:33:47.064-05:00Comments on Sooo-this-is-me: Gay Roles for Gay Actors.Sooo-this-is-mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-54649257744270195842018-08-15T19:32:45.024-04:002018-08-15T19:32:45.024-04:00While I do believe that the best actor should get ...While I do believe that the best actor should get the part, I also believe that the a gay actor should get the first audition. There are not enough good parts for a gay actor. JohnMIchaelhttp://www.openawindow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-4946346828676161762018-08-15T17:05:31.977-04:002018-08-15T17:05:31.977-04:00Best. Person for the job
Nothing else should matte...Best. Person for the job<br />Nothing else should matter....<br /><br />But minds have to be perfectly open on the judging panel John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-59464079071926390182018-08-15T09:36:53.957-04:002018-08-15T09:36:53.957-04:00May the best actor get the part. Or the best conne...May the best actor get the part. Or the best connected actor get the part which is often the case. Or the actor with the best agent. Or the actor whose agent has dirt on the casting director or film director. You get it. Part of my family is in the film business. It's often how you're connect regardless of talent. Richardhttps://rjjs8878.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-47123757840264196922018-08-15T09:23:21.583-04:002018-08-15T09:23:21.583-04:00I have no problem with gay actors playing straight...I have no problem with gay actors playing straight roles and vice versa. I also have no problem with women playing men and vice versa. Linda Hunt won an Oscar as a man in The Year of Living Dangerously. if an actor is good in a role, what does it matter their personal circumstances or what body they were born in? It is acting and if it is convincing, it's fine with me. I do have a problem with dogs playing cats and vice versa. That's just too much. BlogMarkBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055243084906096819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-66673363201922316882018-08-15T09:05:39.793-04:002018-08-15T09:05:39.793-04:00I read somewhere awhile back, that gay actors (clo...I read somewhere awhile back, that gay actors (closeted probably) wouldn't go up for gay parts. Career suicide, maybe? Known straight actors could get away with it because they were, well, known to be straight. <br />My mind went to Rock Hudson, Zachary Quinto ( I did think his Spock seemed a little gay)etc.. It's interesting that no actors cast as murderers, pimps, hos, and politicians were ever thought of that way in real life.<br /><br />As for Michael Jackson, in his later years if they'd used a Black actor he would've had to be in white face. Just being facetious here. I was never that much of a fan after the Jackson Five.Deedleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220174067034720943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-62034429194831613222018-08-15T09:00:50.259-04:002018-08-15T09:00:50.259-04:00I heard and read about this the other day as well....I heard and read about this the other day as well. It seems like the same argument that was made for a transgender woman playing a trans part instead of a cisgender woman. I am torn, as I'd like to see more openly gay actors working in Hollywood. But what about straight actors who are great actors as well? My take? Level the field and allow openly gay actors as good a chance of getting a role as straight ones and then may the best one win. Hollywood has a long way to go before this happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-28133673387903791382018-08-15T02:02:11.596-04:002018-08-15T02:02:11.596-04:00"I know that I was really offended and embarr..."I know that I was really offended and embarrassed when I heard they had cast a white man as Michael Jackson in a movie about his life." = so was I. like you can't find a talented black kid, so the studio just HAD to do blackface?anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-17476806251974825052018-08-15T01:08:22.590-04:002018-08-15T01:08:22.590-04:00By that standard Rock Hudson should not have had a...By that standard Rock Hudson should not have had a career. Neither should Neil Patrick Harris.<br /><br />I share your conflict. But I think the underlying problem is that there are not enough opportunities for actors outside the mainstream, period. Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall was pretty upset that he got typecast as The Gay again and again. Old Lurkerhttps://oldlurker974.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com