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Trace Lysette and Jamie Clayton Slam Scarlett Johansson’s Trans Role
Variety ^ | July 4, 2018

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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: gill; hollywood; homosexualagenda; pittsburgh; tex; texgill
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I learned to change trans to "fake" but this lost me.

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 "

1 posted on 07/05/2018 4:59:10 AM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

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]


2 posted on 07/05/2018 5:03:37 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If you beleive the dog, then take his advice.)
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Watching these idiots try to out-SJW one another is almost as exciting as when Crips and Bloods erase one another.


3 posted on 07/05/2018 5:10:30 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: ClearCase_guy

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 .


4 posted on 07/05/2018 5:11:47 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan

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.


5 posted on 07/05/2018 5:12:12 AM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: SMGFan
Gill was a woman acting as a man. Scarlett will be a woman portraying a woman portraying a man.

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.

6 posted on 07/05/2018 5:15:25 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: SMGFan

And... where do all of these, er... people stand on roles in the Transformer movies?


7 posted on 07/05/2018 5:20:13 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: SMGFan

Cat fight amongst pussies pretending to be dogs


8 posted on 07/05/2018 5:22:11 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Call RedHen (540) 464-4401 and make no-show reservations)
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To: Maverick68

Exactly. I’ll just sip my tea.


9 posted on 07/05/2018 5:23:27 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (Iron Maiden? EXCELLENT!)
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To: SMGFan

Time to remake Victor Victoria?


10 posted on 07/05/2018 5:23:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: SMGFan

Why do libs get to portray Republican presidents?


11 posted on 07/05/2018 5:24:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: SMGFan

The important question is, will Scarlet be wearing a black leather cat-suit? She’ll have a hard time passing as a dude.


12 posted on 07/05/2018 5:25:47 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: Tax-chick

if they really want to embrace diversity, Will Smith should get the lead role.


13 posted on 07/05/2018 5:25:57 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: King Moonracer

she could show she’s down with the struggle and get breast reduction surgery


14 posted on 07/05/2018 5:27:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: SMGFan

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/


15 posted on 07/05/2018 5:30:21 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: King Moonracer
The important question is, will Scarlet be wearing a black leather cat-suit?

One can hope.

16 posted on 07/05/2018 5:30:40 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: SMGFan

Funny, I didn’t hear all this outrage when a black actor was chosen to portray a Norse god.


17 posted on 07/05/2018 5:31:04 AM PDT by mrsmel (I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: SMGFan

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’ “.


18 posted on 07/05/2018 5:35:58 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: a fool in paradise

That would be a crime. She may be a vapid libtard, but she can still be deepfaked.


19 posted on 07/05/2018 5:37:53 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

A+ !!!


20 posted on 07/05/2018 5:39:38 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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