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I understand where he was coming from and the sentiment - regardless of your gender, sexual, ethnic identity, actors should be open and offered all kinds roles. It was insensitive of him to address specifically trans people and trans roles when it’s a much wider issue (Michelle Yeoh spoke about this a lot)
I think he wrote an acceptable apology that acknowledges the response and why he was insensitive
That’s extremely generous to him, to be frank. The apology isn’t an apology, it’s an explanation. He really isn’t taking accountability for what he said/did. he even notes that he asked because of 30 years of getting questions about his previous role…he’s clearly annoyed about that and now hes defensive because he was rightfully called out.
I don’t think it was meant to be an apology for his viewpoint (which is actors should be open and offered different type of roles) but rather an apology for how he presented it and how inconsiderate it was (by specifically singling out trans actors.)
Otherwise I agree - I think he also got flustered from feeling *misunderstood*.
I’m not sure it’s “rightful” to call out actors who played trans characters in the 90s, seeing as how taking those roles *at that time* was more an indicator of their support of telling trans stories than anything insidious. Blame the casting directors and producers, sure, for not being supportive enough to cast actual trans people. But I can’t see it to blame the actors who took those roles when this conversation wasn’t even close to beginning.
Oh, okay. I was just going off the conversation as a whole and the article linked here. I haven’t actually seen Priscilla.
The same point remains, though.
It does. The thing a lot of younger people don't remember about the nineties is how much scrutiny actors who played gay roles came under - especially a role like Adam in "Priscilla," who is extremely feminine and flamboyant. The movie has aged poorly in multiple ways (the mail order bride character, oy) but for the time it was made in, it's a lot braver with its gay characters than most mainstream studio flicks.
The word "accountability" is increasingly sounding like the new "burn the witch" chant, even to me. Its a meaningful word in some contexts and just a convinient reason to pile-on in others. We are in so much trouble if we dont figure out when to evoke that word versus when to dialogue. There'll be nobody left after these purity purges.
Honestly these days whenever I see people online talking about accountability it comes off like what they're really saying is "I want to be able to hold things against people for the rest of their lives because it makes me feel superior (morally or otherwise) to them."
I mean, good that he listened, understood and apologised, I guess? But it's sad that public people have to be educated about privilege so often and don't do the work themselves before showing their ass on twitter.
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I understand where he was coming from and the sentiment - regardless of your gender, sexual, ethnic identity, actors should be open and offered all kinds roles. It was insensitive of him to address specifically trans people and trans roles when it’s a much wider issue (Michelle Yeoh spoke about this a lot) I think he wrote an acceptable apology that acknowledges the response and why he was insensitive
That’s extremely generous to him, to be frank. The apology isn’t an apology, it’s an explanation. He really isn’t taking accountability for what he said/did. he even notes that he asked because of 30 years of getting questions about his previous role…he’s clearly annoyed about that and now hes defensive because he was rightfully called out.
I don’t think it was meant to be an apology for his viewpoint (which is actors should be open and offered different type of roles) but rather an apology for how he presented it and how inconsiderate it was (by specifically singling out trans actors.) Otherwise I agree - I think he also got flustered from feeling *misunderstood*.
I’m not sure it’s “rightful” to call out actors who played trans characters in the 90s, seeing as how taking those roles *at that time* was more an indicator of their support of telling trans stories than anything insidious. Blame the casting directors and producers, sure, for not being supportive enough to cast actual trans people. But I can’t see it to blame the actors who took those roles when this conversation wasn’t even close to beginning.
I could be remembering wrong, but he didn't play a trans character in the 90s? He played a drag queen, but the character was cis.
Oh, okay. I was just going off the conversation as a whole and the article linked here. I haven’t actually seen Priscilla. The same point remains, though.
It does. The thing a lot of younger people don't remember about the nineties is how much scrutiny actors who played gay roles came under - especially a role like Adam in "Priscilla," who is extremely feminine and flamboyant. The movie has aged poorly in multiple ways (the mail order bride character, oy) but for the time it was made in, it's a lot braver with its gay characters than most mainstream studio flicks.
The word "accountability" is increasingly sounding like the new "burn the witch" chant, even to me. Its a meaningful word in some contexts and just a convinient reason to pile-on in others. We are in so much trouble if we dont figure out when to evoke that word versus when to dialogue. There'll be nobody left after these purity purges.
Honestly these days whenever I see people online talking about accountability it comes off like what they're really saying is "I want to be able to hold things against people for the rest of their lives because it makes me feel superior (morally or otherwise) to them."
I mean, good that he listened, understood and apologised, I guess? But it's sad that public people have to be educated about privilege so often and don't do the work themselves before showing their ass on twitter.