Post by janntosh on Jul 14, 2019 1:29:00 GMT
Recently Scarlett not-so-gracefully bowed out of an upcoming project as a trans character following significant backlash that the role wasn't given to a trans actor.
At first the star dug in her heels and refused to give up the role but in time, the pressure got so intense that she relinquished the role.
She addressed was [sic] she called the 'political correctness' in casting without directly mentioning her controversial casting in Rub & Tug.
'You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job,' she said point blank.
She continued: 'I feel like it’s a trend in my business and it needs to happen for various social reasons, yet there are times it does get uncomfortable when it affects the art because I feel art should be free of restrictions.'
'I think society would be more connected if we just allowed others to have their own feelings and not expect everyone to feel the way we do.'
At first the star dug in her heels and refused to give up the role but in time, the pressure got so intense that she relinquished the role.
She addressed was [sic] she called the 'political correctness' in casting without directly mentioning her controversial casting in Rub & Tug.
'You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job,' she said point blank.
She continued: 'I feel like it’s a trend in my business and it needs to happen for various social reasons, yet there are times it does get uncomfortable when it affects the art because I feel art should be free of restrictions.'
'I think society would be more connected if we just allowed others to have their own feelings and not expect everyone to feel the way we do.'
Well, as I said in the previous post, she's only 34. Maybe when she's a little older, she'll have a change of perspective.
A lot of the outrage, as I understand it, was that talented trans actors are never given the opportunity to play any person, or any tree, or any animal that they might want because that opportunity is always being given to people like Scarlett. And if you wind the clock back a generation or so, when only white actors were allowed to be seen in tv shows, movies, and ads, it's apparent that this used to be even worse.
Plenty of people who don’t fit the exact description of the character in question still can play that part and do it convincingly
For example, Gary Sinise isn’t a disabled veteran, yet did a great job in Forest Gump. But now according to The woke crowd, only An actual disabled person should have played the role