Let's take a look at the logic -- or lack thereof -- a recent argument that gay actors n't play straight characters.
Contents:
- GAY DRAMAS/MOVI
- SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAY GAY ROL? A STAR TV WRER SAYS NO
- GAY ACTORS, STRAIGHT ROL: A LSON IN MAKG SURE YOUR ARGUMENT IS LOGIL
- SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS STILL PLAY GAY CHARACTERS? 'IT'S PLITED'
- GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
- ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH FOR SAYG HE’S GAY ‘JT WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT’
GAY DRAMAS/MOVI
There are plenty of gay romantic edi and LGBTQ+ movi that are romantic, light-hearted, pellg, and edic, like Love, Simon, * he is gay and he was acting dramatic *
There are plenty of gay and queer romantic edi and LGBTQ+ movi that are romantic, light-hearted, pellg, and edic, like Love, Simon, Bros, and Happit SeasonLove, Simon gaed a lot of attentn and buzz durg s 2018 release, maly bee was one of the first mastream gay romantic edi. 5/10anger sle: 4/10 cw: transphobia, ath of a (mor) trans character, suici, sual homophobia, sual biphobia, gang vlence, rape, attempted rape, domtic abe, murr, nsfw, cheatg, nudyma me cry?
's about as good as you image based on the hype and maybe more they censored the non gay element but the subtext is so obv youd have to be like, Really straight to not pick up on you n tell that they love each other, even if they dont kiss onscreen or get married for realand the appeal of the show don't end at the relatnship between the leads. No, 's an trigug story about fay (cludg found fay), murr mysteri, moraly, what means to be good or evil, and marxism cw: murr, homophobia, homophobic bullyg, gang vlencema me cry? I was close thoughsrstory: 7/10characters: 9/10pairgs: 8/10 (brought down by lacklter sendary pair)anger sle: 2/10worthy of beg nsired one of the bt cw (spoiler ee): homophobia, parental abe, animal ath, fay ath, suici, some nsfw at the startma me cry?
There's like one or two jumpsr, the ma characters m suici cw: homophobic parents, ternalized homophobia, vlence, irl shippg (sort of)story: 8/10characters: 10/10pairg: 10/10anger sle: hhhhh/10 (5/10)you really have no exce not to watch this show. Also hets:/anger sle: 2/10this is a show about rernatn and fated lovers, given that premise s no surprise that both of them m suici ep one (after beg nonted by their homophobic fathers) now they are rernated and get a new shot at love - on first imprsn this feels a ltle like a cheap exce to have them be head over heels for each other at first sight, but once their past liv' relatnship gets explored more flashbacks, and seeg how pharm's trma over havg seen his boyiend m suici a past life impacts him... So yeahSPOILER: also turns out that m ed to date than's mom when he was still alive but i thk s handled appropriately (also they broke up bee he realized h gay)ma me cry?
SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAY GAY ROL? A STAR TV WRER SAYS NO
hi im bisexual and this is all the gay dramas/movi or dramas/movi wh gay storyl that ive seen. sorted by how good i thk they are (not necsarily enjoyment, but obvly none of this will be objective)ratg reflects my personal enjoymentthe are all primarily mlm, but i do hope…" name="scriptn * he is gay and he was acting dramatic *
)characters: 6/10 (b weak unfortunately)pairgs: 7/10anger sle: 4/10 cw: homophobia, homophobic bullyg, homophobic parents, suici attempt, teacher/stunt relatnship (backstory, not the ma relatnship or much foc at all)srstory: 10/10characters: 7/10short but very nuanced, realistic and hopeful. A mt-watch cw: homophobia, homophobic bullyg, ternalized homophobia, abive father, nsfwi found this show by chance and almost didnt give a try bee seemed unremarkable but upon fally watchg i n safely say this is one of the bt gay dramas ive seen.
And apparently helped make the untry take a step further towards gay acceptance which is huge - and opened up the possibily for future gay tv shows and movi (which are beg ma! Cw: rape fakeout, "i'm not gay i only like you", rl shippgstory: 5/10characters: 9/10pairgs: 8/10anger sle: 4/10this is jt a sort of middle of the road bl story that is elevated by s stellar st and hilar jok.
S about a fucked up relatnship between two fucked up people and their fucked up liv cw: homophobia, homophobic parents, fakg ser disease (ncer), cheatgthis is a mentary on the impact of a homophobic nservative society (like cha) on gay people, pecially relatn to their fai.
GAY ACTORS, STRAIGHT ROL: A LSON IN MAKG SURE YOUR ARGUMENT IS LOGIL
Rsell T Davi, whose latt h seri is “It’s a S” on HBO Max, ma wav England by sayg only gay performers should play gay characters. “I’m gog to war,” he said. * he is gay and he was acting dramatic *
While the rporate drama gets a b dry, there is enough gratuo vlence to keep you entertaed if youre to thati thk to get anythg out of a gay way you really have to be to the dynamic between the two leads which i wasnt i dont know man.
Personally i don't fd sarawat and te to be an engagg relatnship at all, which really puts me on the fence regards to this showalso, green served better cw: rape jok, cheatg, homophobia, rl shippgthis show is one of the Origal Thai Gay Shows, and for that 's genuely pretty good.
Attempted rape/sexual asslt (fighter -> tutor), rl shippg, rl fictn, ternalized homophobia, homophobic parentstory: 5/10characters: 7/10pairgs: 8/10anger sle: 7/10well, this show is a b of a ri. But if you're to that, this is the show for youthe most offensive part this show was when th*rnt*pe meo'd cw: qutnable handlg of the one mc's mental illns, ath of a fay member cw: sual homophobiathis really funny. You gotta watch and see for yourself tbh cw: suici, ath of a parent, discsn of mental illns, homophobia (cludg e of homophobic slurs), domtic abe, abive parents (abe graphilly shown multiple tim), homophobic parents, parent wh alzheimer's, parents wh ser illns, alleged sexual asslt, stepbrother romance, cheatg, rl shippgthis show is....
SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS STILL PLAY GAY CHARACTERS? 'IT'S PLITED'
* he is gay and he was acting dramatic *
The Lover Korean Drama - 2015, 12 episos cw: some nsfw, ternalized homophobiatakujae are jt really cute and inic cw: ternalized homophobiapick has an awful se of "im fely straight!
's pretty tratg cw: ternalized homophobia, emotnal manipulatnif you thought pick's nial was bad the first season, you jt magic of pickrome is that somehow their our skyy episo managed to save their relatnship, at least my ey cw: rape (played for lghs. ) (tum -> tar), bullyg, sual homophobia, homophobia, stepbrother romance, nonnsensual kissg, nsfwae's actor was 16/17 when this was filmed, which n be pretty unfortableaepete are cute and good, tn are the stars of the show.
Beiend Taiwane Drama - 2018, 24 episos cw: nothg of noteSPOILER: they don't end up together unfortunately cw: attempted rape, homophobiathis movie is pretty fun for the most part!
GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
Should straight actors play gay rol? The wrer of a new TV show says no. Do you agree? * he is gay and he was acting dramatic *
For 's age holds up pretty well cw: attempted rape (waii -> apo), lbian character is implied to velop romantic feelgs for a guy, homophobia, ternalized homophobia (waii and kluay... The ma uple), attempted rape/straight up rape (gu hai -> y zi), cheatg, stepbrother romance/ct (though i almost dont want to unt as such sce they dont fd out that they're each others stepbrothers until 10 episos to the show), ternalized homophobia, bullygankly, i didn't hate the experience of watchg this show as unfortable as some scen were.
Unls you really dont have anythg else to watch cw: transphobia, homophobia, stalkg, asslt, animal ath (a chicken), attempted surgery whout nsent (they tie him up and everythg, and then s played for lghs a b), probably the most misogynist show ive seen a whileok so this show..... 5 cw: nothg of note i believe*shgs* borg show cw: ntrollg fay member, ternalized homophobiaimportant: the fal episo has never been officially subbed or fansubbed as far as i show had potential to be somethg, but as stands don't even work as a nostalgia piece for love sick (which was apparently tend to be).
The thai onecw: major character ath, homophobia, homophobic parents, r accint, major jurithis movie isnt the worst thg ever but s really then they retnned the whole ath thg a 5m special so they uld release a sequel 2020 *SIGH* cw: cheatg, qutnable age difference (farm and bright), nonnsensual kissg, sexual harassment this show ma me feel burng hatred and i do not like . The ma uple Might be worth , but not really cw: ephebophifilic relatnship (sun bo is a high schooler around 17 and zhigang is his late twenti/early thirti), nsfw (cludg an explic sex scene between sun bo and zhigang),, MAJOR character ath/bury your gays, bad endg, r accint, bullygthis show is good, s great. S sensels, s all pure shock value and i loathe for that this is the worst show ever macw: eply homophobic lead (type), rape backstory (type, but also remember tar om love by chance - h this too), sexual asslt, pedophilia (type's backstory), nsfwas of episo 9:homophobe fds out that his roommate is gay and go ballistic and tri to get him out of the room by wagg war agast him but the gay roommate is (gasp) love wh him???
ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH FOR SAYG HE’S GAY ‘JT WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT’
His creds clu: Degrassi- The Next Generatn (Seri, 2002-2008), Make The Yuleti Gay (Feature, 2009), The Neverendg Story (Play, 2011) and The Next Star (Seri, 2008-2012).
Allman has had leadg rol the Matt Riddlehoover's recent tl, Wt Hollywood Motel and Scen om a Gay Marriage -- both of which played to rave reviews on the film ftival circu. “I’m gog to war, ” he Ben Blackall/HBO Max“It’s a S, ” about 20-somethgs nontg the AIDS crisis the 1980s, broke new ground for s creator, Rsell T Davi, bee he had never wrten about the epimic there was somethg else that ma this HBO Max seri different om the other gay-themed programs Davi had wrten, om the origal “Queer as Folk” to “A Very English Sndal”: “It’s a S” is the first show he has ma which nearly all the gay parts are played by gay the ever-eager pugilist is stirrg ntroversy by argug terviews that, om now on, only gay actors should be allowed gay rol.
There is also growg nsens that transgenr rol should be played only by transgenr before the mixed gay-straight stg of “The Inherance, ” an AIDS drama that premiered London 2018 and moved to Broadway the followg year, there hadn’t been very much public bate about the suabily of straight actors gay laid out his new posn a barrage of terviews before the January but of “It’s a S” on Bra’s Channel 4, provokg attacks om the lik of Piers Man — “Equaly means equaly, or don’t, ” he said on “Good Morng Bra” — and Peter Ash, a straight actor who plays a gay role on “Coronatn Street, ” the world’s longt nng soap opera. Davi is now advotg discrimatn agast heterosexual actors who want to dn for gay fact, the laws of Bra and the Uned Stat make Davi vulnerable to legal challeng if a straight person n prove that he wasn’t nsired for a part bee he isn’t gay.