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QC: Behind the Scenes
Carl-E:
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Horrifyingly, beautifully stated. People tend to understate internal struggles, simply because they are internal, and there are rarely words enough.
Is it cold in here?:
So, if you were casting for a trans character, who would you audition? A cis actor, on the grounds that the important thing is to match the character's brain setting and any actor of the right sex can do that? Or a trans actor, to take advantage of the actor's life experience of feeling gender dysphoria and enduring the social environment? Or just whoever impresses you most on the audition?
It's a sore point with other minorities to have non-matching actors cast to portray them. The reasons seem to include desire for authenticity, equal job opportunities, and the fundamental respect that leads to making job opportunities equal.
Carl-E:
I think it has more to do with being an authentic representative of a group. Having a trans* character is forward looking (especially one that's trerated well). Having a trans* character played by a trans* actor gives the trans* people viewing it a sense of ... belonging? No, more like acceptance, I think.
Now, having a trans* actor play a cis* character would be revolutionary....
But in some respects, we're talking the basic equivalence of blackface in the 20's.
TBH I like the conceit that Jeph didn't even know where Claire's character was going to wind up when he made that bigendered character sketch for Clinton ages ago (would someone find that, please?) The difference is, with a single speech bubble, Claire's whole past was recreated before our eyes (and in our heads). That's something you can't do with a real actor!
Is it cold in here?:
Wasn't there a trans actress who played a cis character in a James Bond film?
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 May 2013, 00:53 ---Wasn't there a trans actress who played a cis character in a James Bond film?
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Now there's a confusing take on gender politics. "We just wanted to make it clear that James Bond is an equal opportunity misogynist." :psyduck:
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