Fifty Shas’ Marcia Gay Harn Opens Up ‘Sexual Unleashg’ In Fandom And Why Beg In The Thick Of It Was ‘Fascatg’ | Cemablend

Contents:

• '50 SHAS OF GREY' GAY FLAP
• MR PK – FIFTY SHAS OF GREY BUT GAY
• FIFTY SHAS’ MARCIA GAY HARN OPENS UP ‘SEXUAL UNLEASHG’ IN FANDOM AND WHY BEG IN THE THICK OF IT WAS ‘FASCATG’

'50 SHAS OF GREY' GAY FLAP

Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey bee he is openly gay. Can an openly gay actor nvcgly portray a straight character on screen?

In 2010, Newsweek wrer Ram Setooh igned a furor when he explaed that he uldn't appreciate Sean Hay' performance the play Promis, Promis, primarily bee "'s weird seeg [the openly gay] Hay play straight.

MR PK – FIFTY SHAS OF GREY BUT GAY

" In 2009, Rupert Everett was so trated by Hollywood's abily to see anythg past his own sexualy that he urged young gay actors to stay the closet if they wanted to enjoy any real mastream succs.

"It means that we've moved beyond stereotyp and that gay is hot…" I uldn't image a more misguid terpretatn of that feedback. Another explanatn: women are not threatened by the ia of gay men. Apparently, that male illn is plited when the man portrayg that hero is gay.

FIFTY SHAS’ MARCIA GAY HARN OPENS UP ‘SEXUAL UNLEASHG’ IN FANDOM AND WHY BEG IN THE THICK OF IT WAS ‘FASCATG’

" Unrstandg Ellis' reactn is important to appreciatg the hypocrisy when the on-screen sexual orientatn scenar is reversed: Was Tom Hanks ls believable playg a gay man Philalphia bee the dience uldn't rolve the role wh his real-life marriage to Ra Wilson?

Perhaps the reason they were accepted proment gay rol and generoly honored for dog so is bee, ep down, there's homophobic ridue that exists even the most enlightened du's psyche that is reassured by the realy that those actors are "jt pretendg" to be gay. At one stance she said; “Why don’t you wre a book, a gay versn of Fifty Shas of Grey? ” The ia flew around my head for a while and then at Christmas time I sat my r and started thkg about what a gay Mr Grey would be lled?

We are left to our own vic, to fumble as we grow experience, to fall and dt ourselv off before we ntue on the elive pursu of a uful unn – no matter gay or straight.