The portrayal of LGBTQ characters

[#HBC | Joker]

It's funny because the actors who play non-flamboyant gay guys are always straight.

That's not really a fair statement, because straight guys play the flamboyent characters too. Nathan Lane can't get ALL the parts in hollywood.

 

[Spelt]

No the point was that there are no gay guys playing the roles of anything but the stereotypical ******s.

 

[#HBC | Joker]

But I've seen stuff where Sean Hayes or Nathan Lane are playing straight characters too.

 

[Shorts]

*Grey's Anatomy
*Skins
*United States of Tara

These all beg to differ.

 

[Spelt]

But I've seen stuff where Sean Hayes or Nathan Lane are playing straight characters too.

You're still missing the point...

 

[Luigitoilet]

You're still missing the point...

I'm kinda confused now. You said that gay guys only get cast for flamboyant gay roles, right? I believe Nathan Lane is a decent counterpoint to that since he's gay and is in a fair number of roles that aren't FAAAAAABULOUSLY gay.

Not to mention Ian Mckellan though he's been brought up already.

 

[#HBC | Joker]

Yeah I'm pretty confused. I've countered everything you said, so whatever your point is, it must not be something you've actually said yet...

 

[Claire Diviner]

I'm kinda confused now. You said that gay guys only get cast for flamboyant gay roles, right? I believe Nathan Lane is a decent counterpoint to that since he's gay and is in a fair number of roles that aren't FAAAAAABULOUSLY gay.

Thank you. Also, let's not forget Neil Patrick Harris.

 

[#HBC | Joker]

Thank you. Also, let's not forget Neil Patrick Harris.

They kinda go the other way with NPH. He usually gets cast as a womanizing playboy like in Harold and Kumar or How I Met Your Mother.

 

[Claire Diviner]

They kinda go the other way with NPH. He usually gets cast as a womanizing playboy like in Harold and Kumar or How I Met Your Mother.

True, though the main point is that he isn't cast as a flamboyant gay guy in movies despite him being gay in real life.

 

[Zero_Saber]

Yeah I'm pretty confused. I've countered everything you said, so whatever your point is, it must not be something you've actually said yet...

So I don't agree with him but his argument is that if a gay actor plays a gay character then they are always flamboyant. Not that all gay actors are forced to play gay characters, but that when they do they play flamboyant homosexual's rather then non-flamboyant homosexuals. I think it's a stupid distinction to make, and can probably be dis proven with some more research, but I don't know where to start.

 

[Claire Diviner]

So I don't agree with him but his argument is that if a gay actor plays a gay character then they are always flamboyant. Not that all gay actors are forced to play gay characters, but that when they do they play flamboyant homosexual's rather then non-flamboyant homosexuals. I think it's a stupid distinction to make, and can probably be dis proven with some more research, but I don't know where to start.

Okay, I totally get it now. I'll be honest, I currently cannot think of any examples off the top of my head where an actual gay actor playing a gay character hasn't portrayed said character as flamboyant.

 

[Sucumbio]

BD Wong in Law and Order: SVU is both Gay IRL, Gay on the show, and not flamboyant.

 

[Claire Diviner]

BD Wong in Law and Order: SVU is both Gay IRL, Gay on the show, and not flamboyant.

Well, there you have it, an actual as well as good example.