Posted on 07/05/2018 4:59:10 AM PDT by SMGFan
Scarlett Johansson is under fire for her next project with “Ghost in the Shell” director Rupert Sanders.
The actress is set to star in the crime biopic “Rub & Tug,” based on the real life story of Dante “Tex” Gill. Gill was a trans crime boss of the 1970s who ran several illegal massage parlors. In real life, Gill lived his life as a trans man, which led a lot of folks to inquire why a trans actor wasn’t considered for this role.
When the website Bustle reached out to Johansson’s representative for a statement about the vocal concerns, it was sent this response from the actress: “Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman’s reps for comment.”
Trace Lysette, best known for her work on “Transparent,” took to Twitter to voice her anger. “I wouldn’t be as upset if I was getting in the same rooms as Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett for cis roles,” she wrote. “But we know that’s not the case. A mess.”
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Gill was a woman acting as a man. Scarlett will be a woman portraying a woman portraying a man.
But aren't Trace and Jamie both men who want to portray a woman portraying a man?! What is the acting part.? Julie Andrews was great in "Victor. /Victoria "
Some activist folks in the acting community seem upset that some actors are being paid to pretend to be something they aren’t.
What a scandal! [/s]
Watching these idiots try to out-SJW one another is almost as exciting as when Crips and Bloods erase one another.
Do they object because only trans should get the role and Scarlett is “cis”?
Where are the transmen, they should get the role then?
Oh, this is just ridiculous .
Trans men are running in female athletic events and winning.
A trans man just won Miss Spain.
Turnabout is fair play in the land of insanity.
That would seem to be quite reasonable, right? The role of a woman impersonating a man would be played by a woman, who would impersonate a man.
I guess the counterargument is that "trans-" are all the same, regardless of the rest of the word.
And... where do all of these, er... people stand on roles in the Transformer movies?
Cat fight amongst pussies pretending to be dogs
Exactly. I’ll just sip my tea.
Time to remake Victor Victoria?
Why do libs get to portray Republican presidents?
The important question is, will Scarlet be wearing a black leather cat-suit? She’ll have a hard time passing as a dude.
if they really want to embrace diversity, Will Smith should get the lead role.
she could show she’s down with the struggle and get breast reduction surgery
I know what Red Gill looked like as she was a Pittsburgh crime boss. She was large. https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2014/02/17/the-complex-and-tough-dante-tex-gill/
One can hope.
Funny, I didn’t hear all this outrage when a black actor was chosen to portray a Norse god.
OMG!!! Is supposed to be about acting are is supposed to be about hiring human real life total examples of the characters so that no acting need be involved - they are what they represent???
On the “diversity” theory of acting, rapists, murdererers, theives and the rest need to be recruited to play themselves in movies and plays, lest the producers be charged with “discrimination and lack of ‘diversity’ “.
That would be a crime. She may be a vapid libtard, but she can still be deepfaked.
A+ !!!
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