Reply to Bill Maher on casting decisions and appropriation

Forum Index » Entertainment and Pop Culture

Reply to "Bill Maher on casting decisions and appropriation "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He’s exactly right. Actors are …. Actors. They’re by definition taking on a role. So so so agree with him. [/quote]

But the when the roles are so siloed and few opportunities for Latinos to play much other than gang members is where we are, we need to consider things. The notion that the right person for the role has to be someone like James Franco assumes that there aren't any Latino actors who could play the roles and also be the right person.[/quote]

But what about the opposite, as he pointed out. John Leguzamo, who is complaining about this, also played different ethnicities. Should he not have been "allowed" to play a Venetian? Should trans actors [I]only[/I] be "allowed" to play trans characters? As Maher said, "that's not going to end well for anyone." Should Hamilton have not been made? Why is that OK?

I agree with him 1000% percent. Acting is acting, it's not pseudo-documentary time. It's transcending everything we know or assume to be true. If actors like John Leguzamo want to make this point, they better be prepared to only play Columbian-American characters from now on then. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics