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Simba Wiv Ya Friggin ‘Air
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: You Chanelle from Wikkfield, wherever the **** you’re from
Posts: 17,620
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RPDR UK 2: A'Whora Strictly 2020: Maisie Smith
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Simba Wiv Ya Friggin ‘Air
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: You Chanelle from Wikkfield, wherever the **** you’re from
Posts: 17,620
Favourites (more):
RPDR UK 2: A'Whora Strictly 2020: Maisie Smith
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Should heterosexual actors play LGBTQ roles in TV and film?
I’ve never really thought much about this until recently, but it doesn’t sit right with me anymore in 2021 that a large portion of queer roles in film and TV still go to heterosexual actors. LGBTQ people are either parodied in a costume type way (see: James Corden’s horribly offensive performance in that Netflix film) or literally reduced to just straight-acting gays with little reference to gay culture or actual queer stories.
It’s erasing actual queer actors from the industry and reducing job opportunities. There are probably 100 heterosexual roles to every LGBT role. It’s not the equivalent to blackface but it’s pretty prejudiced and a bit shocking in 2021 that it’s still so commonplace.
What’s everyone else’s opinion on this?
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