Should straight actors still play gay characters? 'It's complicated'

NBC News / Comcast ^ | January 2, 2020 | By Julie Compton

[dfwgator]

What rational,decent,people want to see dykes and fairies

What about the freaks and hairies?

[oldvirginian]

“for their to be a conflict her we’d first need to be aware of the true sexual orientation or gender-identification for every actor no “

Way too much information for me.
I’m like author Lewis Grizzard... Why can’t they just go in the closet and do their thing. When they’ve finished and cleaned up come on back into the real world.

[Gay State Conservative]

Well done...you caught that!

[dfwgator]

Tell me where is sanity?

[lepton]

To even begin to make that claim, they must first demand that gay actors not play parts of straight people. Then we can at least know they are being serious.

[Republican Wildcat]

How about just making shows to tell a good story instead of an SJW agenda?

[Republican Wildcat]

I was watching a lot of those on Viki but in the last couple of months they’ve put most everything behind their paywall...most things no longer free (with ads).

[gitmo]

Should a homosexual actor or actress be allowed to play a heterosexual part?

[BlueLancer]

Okay, so that means that “HAMILTON” needs to be taken off the stage ... right?

[fwdude]

You can’t tell me that straight actors who do this aren’t a little light in the loafers.

[tbw2]

The ever increasing political litmus tests and purity spirals will DRIVE adoption of animation ...