while you haven’t said anything overtly wrong, i’m tired of this particular talking point coming up everytime the LGBTQIA+ community expresses being tired of there being so littile LGBTQIA+ representation within the hollywood system that openly LGBTQIA+ actors can’t even get work portraying LGBTQIA+ characters.
so it’s clear, it’s not your fault that your comment seems like an obvious take. the media outlets that provide commentary on the hollywood system frame it as us whiney gays being unable to discern story from reality. but what we’re really saying is we’re tired of a system that will take our stories and sell them to us without contributing back to any of our wellbeing except for maybe the writer. you can’t tell me no queer actors came for those auditions. have you been to a drama club? queer is assumed to be the default within those spaces, yet to get further in the most visible acting oportunities, you either have to be straight or allow your queerness to be obliterated.
I mean, yes, especially for like trans roles, but also gay and lesbian characters and actors are fairly commonly represented and in many cases, play straight folks as well.
If anything, it’s kind of just, “an actor played a role.”
Yeah, that’s fair. It is a shame that there wasn’t a gay man cast for a gay man’s role; especially if it would give a chance for someone to make it out of the drama/theater circuit and into film (if they wanted).
Wait wait wait—so the actor in Heated Rivalry was… acting?
How could he do this?
while you haven’t said anything overtly wrong, i’m tired of this particular talking point coming up everytime the LGBTQIA+ community expresses being tired of there being so littile LGBTQIA+ representation within the hollywood system that openly LGBTQIA+ actors can’t even get work portraying LGBTQIA+ characters.
so it’s clear, it’s not your fault that your comment seems like an obvious take. the media outlets that provide commentary on the hollywood system frame it as us whiney gays being unable to discern story from reality. but what we’re really saying is we’re tired of a system that will take our stories and sell them to us without contributing back to any of our wellbeing except for maybe the writer. you can’t tell me no queer actors came for those auditions. have you been to a drama club? queer is assumed to be the default within those spaces, yet to get further in the most visible acting oportunities, you either have to be straight or allow your queerness to be obliterated.
I mean, yes, especially for like trans roles, but also gay and lesbian characters and actors are fairly commonly represented and in many cases, play straight folks as well.
If anything, it’s kind of just, “an actor played a role.”
Yeah, that’s fair. It is a shame that there wasn’t a gay man cast for a gay man’s role; especially if it would give a chance for someone to make it out of the drama/theater circuit and into film (if they wanted).