• Skeezix@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Yes. And Robert De Nero isn’t Irish. And Hayden Christensen has all his limbs. Heath Ledger wasn’t gay. Tom Hanks doesn’t have a learning disability. Al Pacino has his eye sight. Geoffrey Rush doesn’t have a speech impediment.

    Acting is a skill, studios want actors. It’s nice when the actor’s life matches the part, but it isn’t a requirement and you shouldn’t try to invoke rage by pretending it should. What’s more important is how well the “cis” person played the part assigned to him.

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      6 days ago

      even though you’re right, there’s a controversial area where it descends into blackface and nobody should go there.

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        6 days ago

        Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder would like to disagree.

        There is a right way and a wrong way to do anything, nothing is sacred. It doesn’t matter who plays the character so long as the role is done justice in context.