Can a cisgendered actor play a trans character?

Acme said:
Hm, that does sound a little odd come to mention it... :o
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Sounded just right :D.



I like the end of the article not just that it's the end but that the person criticising got blocked and she(?) seems to act as though it's not completely understandable.

If he's a good actor then why can't he play the role well. I doubt many actors truely have the experience to play their roles but they learn about them.

Unless Bruce Willis has always had a thing for air vents and Christmas :confused:.
 
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What about a thespian who is a straight black guy who plays a bi-curious white guy in a black and white minstrel troupe BUT he is a dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac who lies in bed at night wondering if there really is a DOG?

Should we care if a straight actor can play a transexual? No, we don't because first of all it is not important; and secondly pretending or acting is fundamental to actually being an actor therefore we can let the twitter-trans-community worry so we don't have to. We have other things to worry about like does this graphics card fit in this case and will my significant other(s) let me place this fire breathing Ubergaming micro rig in our front room with the big light off and watch me play COD rather than watch Holby City.
 
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Anyone who objects should be made to give their response to this question:

Do you object equally to a transgendered actor playing the role of a "cisgendered"(*) person?

I've no doubt that almost all of them would say "no" and make the usual meaningless circular reasoning noises that bigots usually make about the same prejudice and discrimination being different when it's imposed on different "groups" of people.


* The quote marks are deliberate - I won't use a disparaging word other people want to impose on me to excuse their own prejudices. I'll use "transgendered" without quote marks because it's not intended to be disparaging, not used that way and is generally self-chosen by people who use it. Even though it doesn't say what they intend to say because they, like far too many people, deliberately pretend that sex and gender are the same thing when they're not at all the same thing.

Primary sexual organs(**) to it all!

** An unsexed term of contemptuous dismissal, you see :)
 
I'm a piece of garlic cheese trapped in a white males body.

What am I entitled to/can complain about? (other than crackers rights, they had it coming from the start)

e: does this count as cheesegender?
 
I recently watched some episodes of the series "Blindspot".

Imagine how shocked I was to find out that the actor playing the central role isn't actually tattooed from the neck down! It's all an act! It's an insult to the tattooed community! Terrible!

I find it a good rule of thumb to assume that anyone who uses the word "community" seriously is rationalising their irrational prejudices and is a hypocrite.
 
MatsyLR said:
Oh please this was never a thing years ago its just mental issues.....
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They shot people for PTSD years ago, that's also "just" mental issues...

Doesn't mean we haven't moved forward and recognised that they aren't "just" mental issues to be ignored.

(Not that i'm comparing the two!)
 
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timmeh said:
This is what I though cisgender was. I'm so out of touch...
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No cis is normal.

Cis is the oposite to trans from the latin roots.

Before all this etuff came up main place you heard it was chemistry with cis and trans isomers
 
OCuk on a cis male actor playing a trans woman character: It's called acting, get over it.

OCuk on a black actor possibly playing James Bond: James Bond is white! A black actor can't play James Bond! :mad::mad::mad:


The problem that trans people have with this is that it reinforces the false idea that a trans woman is just a man in a dress.
 
Tunney said:
OCuk on a cis male actor playing a trans woman character: It's called acting, get over it.

OCuk on a black actor possibly playing James Bond: James Bond is white! A black actor can't play James Bond! :mad::mad::mad:
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What's wrong with that then? If trans females want to be considered legally males then where's the issue with a biological male playing a trans character? Probably easier on the makeup and costume department!

In terms of look, which let's face it is important in the entertainment industry, it's a lot closer than a black man playing a white character :confused:.
 
Standard, he is an actor get over it.

If people dont like it, dont watch it.

Should i be annoyed when murderers in films aren't portrayed by real life murderers?

What about when adults play teenagers?

I didn't like the idea of female ghostbusters because that was not what ghostbusters was to me. That said, i got on with my life and didnt see the film.
 
shifty_uk said:
Also had to google the term, what the hell is wrong with saying straight? Can't believe society has came to these levels of sensitivities.

You're either straight, gay or you prefer to be a different gender, the majority of the world has or is accepting it, quit the crying, singing and parading about it already. It's tiresome.
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Isn't it because cisgnder and sexual orientation are two different things though? There are trans women (men transitioned to women) who are still attracted to women. I don't know if technically that would make them a lesbian?

Either way.... It's only a word and I don't know why everyone e is up in arms over it.

There has probably been 2 or 3 tweets from some peed off trans people on the subject of the actors and then.... A news story has jumped onto it and suddenly you have loads of people talking about it as if all trans people are annoyed. Then you end up getting peed of straight cisgender people saying look what political correctness has done!

I have no problem with straight people playing g gay and vice versa. If they do theirr role well then they are good at the job. Isn't the whole point of an actor to play someone who acts different to who they actually are.

Live and let live
Peace and love :-D
 
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Amp34 said:
They shot people for PTSD years ago, that's also "just" mental issues...

Doesn't mean we haven't moved forward and recognised that they aren't "just" mental issues to be ignored.

(Not that i'm comparing the two!)
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Are you referring to soldiers shot for cowardice during the First World War?
 
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