The upg A24 film follows a 600-pound gay man named Charlie who is tryg to rennect wh his teen dghter.
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THE WHALE DIRECTOR FENDS STG BRENDAN FRASER AS OBE GAY MAN AMID CRICISM
The Whale director Darren Aronofsky rpond to cricism of Brendan Fraser beg st as a 600-pound gay man. * whale gay pride *
" Hunter add, "I grew up as a gay kid a town North Idaho, closeted and attendg a relig high school, which tght that people like me shouldn't exist. Bros actor Guy Branum spoke wh PRIDE about this very pot, sayg, "I thk that 's tryg to e extreme fatns as a metaphor for gay pa. " He ntued, "As an actual fat gay person, I feel like my life don't need to be a metaphor for somebody else's pa.
" While The Whale is absolutely a queer story, emphasizg the trma ed by horrific homophobic relig anizatns, I wish the story had chosen to foc solely on that aspect of the character and not monized fat and disabled people.
There are, realistilly, very few rol available to fat actors, and I'd bet even ls for fat gay actors. The Whale has been cricised for stg a straight actor to play the gay character at the centre of the film and have Brendan Fraser wear prosthetics.