Current Events > Brendan Fraser Became Sixth Straight Man to Win an Oscar for Playing Gay

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BlueTigerLion 03/24/23 10:20:52 AM #1:	https://www.advocate.com/film/brendan-fraser-becomes-sixth-straight-man-to-win-best-actor-oscar-for-playing-gay I didnt know that was a controversy going on --- Hey now. <cite>BlueTigerLion posted [p:972379496] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>https://www.advocate.com/film/brendan-fraser-becomes-sixth-straight-man-to-win-best-actor-oscar-for-playing-gayI didnt know that was a controversy going on</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER 03/24/23 10:21:28 AM #2:	Almost like he was Acting --- I wash myself with a rag on stiiick <cite>FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER posted [p:972379507] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Almost like he was Acting</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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cjsdowg 03/24/23 10:22:51 AM #4:	He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am not going give him heat for it. --- To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. W.E.B. Du Bois <cite>cjsdowg posted [p:972379531] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am not going give him heat for it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER 03/24/23 10:24:33 AM #5:	cjsdowg posted... He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am going give him heat for it. Also true lol --- I wash myself with a rag on stiiick <cite>FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER posted [p:972379559] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>cjsdowg posted... </cite><quote>He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am going give him heat for it.</quote>Also true lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 03/24/23 10:27:30 AM #6:	Six in a row? --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:972379620] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Six in a row?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 03/24/23 10:28:37 AM #7:	dude totally deserved that W tho! not just cause it's his triumphant comeback to Hollywood or whatever but he actually killed his role! <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:972379647] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>dude totally deserved that W tho!not just cause it's his triumphant comeback to Hollywood or whatever but he actually killed his role!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueTigerLion 03/24/23 10:29:10 AM #8:	R1masher posted... Six in a row? Five previous straight actors have won Best Acting Oscars for playing gay roles. William Hurt won for Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985, Tom Hanks for Philadelphia in 1993, Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote in 2005, Sean Penn for Milk in 2008, and Rami Malek won for Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018. Fourteen other straight and cis actors have been nominated for gay and trans roles in the category. Three more cis and straight actors have won Oscars in the Best Supporting Actor category as well. --- Hey now. <cite>BlueTigerLion posted [p:972379659] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>R1masher posted... </cite><quote>Six in a row?</quote>Five previous straight actors have won Best Acting Oscars for playing gay roles. William Hurt won for Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985, Tom Hanks for Philadelphia in 1993, Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote in 2005, Sean Penn for Milk in 2008, and Rami Malek won for Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018. Fourteen other straight and cis actors have been nominated for gay and trans roles in the category. Three more cis and straight actors have won Oscars in the Best Supporting Actor category as well.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
party_animal07 03/24/23 10:29:16 AM #9:	Neil Patrick Harris --- https://warpzone.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GRANDIA_-696x509.jpg <cite>party_animal07 posted [p:972379661] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Neil Patrick Harris</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchNemo 03/24/23 10:31:42 AM #10:	cjsdowg posted... He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am not going give him heat for it. The character is like 600 pounds. Do you not see the issue around finding, let alone working around, an actual 600 pound actor? --- Down with the Signess. <cite>ArchNemo posted [p:972379706] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>cjsdowg posted... </cite><quote>He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am not going give him heat for it.</quote>The character is like 600 pounds. Do you not see the issue around finding, let alone working around, an actual 600 pound actor?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 03/24/23 10:32:38 AM #11:	So, not sixth straight? --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:972379725] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>So, not sixth straight?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 03/24/23 10:33:19 AM #12:	FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER posted... Almost like he was Acting <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:972379739] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER posted... </cite><quote>Almost like he was Acting</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightHawKnight 03/24/23 10:33:53 AM #13:	cjsdowg posted... He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am not going give him heat for it. ? People are whining about them not casting an actual fat guy. Then they get hit with, if they hired someone of that size, he would probably die on set. --- The Official Odin* of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:972379749] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>cjsdowg posted... </cite><quote>He also played a fat guy, when they could have gotten a fat guy. But with all the shit BF had dealt with I am not *going give him heat for it.</quote>? People are whining about them not casting an actual fat guy. Then they get hit with, if they hired someone of that size, he would probably die on set. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MC_BatCommander 03/24/23 10:43:39 AM #14:	Actors wins acting award for previously mentioned acting --- The Legend is True! <cite>MC_BatCommander posted [p:972379951] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Actors wins acting award for previously mentioned acting </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Supersex420 03/24/23 10:45:17 AM #15:	MC_BatCommander posted... Actors wins acting award for previously mentioned acting Ok, give the actor the award then --- Oh- I sometimes make up all of my lines on the spot But I will always give what I got - KKB <cite>Supersex420 posted [p:972379979] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>MC_BatCommander posted... </cite><quote>Actors wins acting award for previously mentioned acting</quote>Ok, give the actor the award then</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gmanthebest 03/24/23 10:46:12 AM #16:	An actor acted. Not really seeing any issue with that --- The large print giveth And the small print taketh away <cite>gmanthebest posted [p:972379999] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>An actor acted. Not really seeing any issue with that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 03/24/23 10:47:13 AM #17:	Are there 600 lb gay actors out there? --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png he/him/they/them <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:972380016] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Are there 600 lb gay actors out there?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KainWind 03/24/23 10:47:25 AM #18:	R1masher posted... Six in a row? No, sixth straight --- Momentai <cite>KainWind posted [p:972380020] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>R1masher posted... </cite><quote>Six in a row?</quote>No, sixth straight</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Everyonedies 03/24/23 10:51:00 AM #19:	What were they supposed to do? Cast Harvey Fierstein and have him put on 350lbs? --- 32-13 <cite>Everyonedies posted [p:972380093] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>What were they supposed to do? Cast Harvey Fierstein and have him put on 350lbs?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Supersex420 03/24/23 10:51:40 AM #20:	Fuck, is the jest finite? --- Oh- I sometimes make up all of my lines on the spot But I will always give what I got - KKB <cite>Supersex420 posted [p:972380110] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Fuck, is the jest finite?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Simon_Gruber 03/24/23 10:54:15 AM #21:	This year, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh also won acting Oscars for playing queer roles in the movie Everything, Everywhere All At Once. That was just one of their variants though, right? The ones from the main universe were straight. Or at least Michelle's was, I guess we didn't know enough about Jamie's character. <cite>Simon_Gruber posted [p:972380167] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>This year, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh also won acting Oscars for playing queer roles in the movie Everything, Everywhere All At Once.That was just one of their variants though, right? The ones from the main universe were straight. Or at least Michelle's was, I guess we didn't know enough about Jamie's character.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
itachi15243 03/24/23 10:54:51 AM #22:	On one hand this seems completely fine too me. On the other, I feel like something is wrong. --- I do drawings and stuff https://www.fiverr.com/blueblitz <cite>itachi15243 posted [p:972380177] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>On one hand this seems completely fine too me. On the other, I feel like something is wrong. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DipDipDiver 03/24/23 10:59:30 AM #23:	I think the usual implication is that straight actors winning awards for playing gay characters is somehow taking those opportunities away from gay actors, but if it's only 6 Oscars since 1985 I'm not sure that argument holds much weight <cite>DipDipDiver posted [p:972380281] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>I think the usual implication is that straight actors winning awards for playing gay characters is somehow taking those opportunities away from gay actors, but if it's only 6 Oscars since 1985 I'm not sure that argument holds much weight</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativerealms 03/24/23 11:03:03 AM #24:	Its not a controversy. Idiots on Twitter complaining doesn't mean its an issue. --- "Intelligence has no place in Politics" Londo, (Babylon Five) <cite>creativerealms posted [p:972380365] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Its not a controversy. Idiots on Twitter complaining doesn't mean its an issue.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 03/24/23 11:05:20 AM #25:	i really hate this clickbait internet era with such a passion for real. some random person on social media will complain about the stupidest mundane shit and then, some journalist (if we can call that) from some online publication looks at it and makes an article about it making it seem like a bigger deal than it is... <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:972380409] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>i really hate this clickbait internet era with such a passion for real.some random person on social media will complain about the stupidest mundane shit and then, some journalist (if we can call that) from some online publication looks at it and makes an article about it making it seem like a bigger deal than it is...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
yusiko 03/24/23 11:07:36 AM #26:	i have no issue with straight men playing gay roles they just need to commit i dont want to see no chaste kiss from straight actors playing gay. shove your tongue down your costars throat!! --- yusketeer <cite>yusiko posted [p:972380460] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>i have no issue with straight men playing gay rolesthey just need to commiti dont want to see no chaste kiss from straight actors playing gay. shove your tongue down your costars throat!!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 03/24/23 11:07:56 AM #27:	For fuck's sake, it is acting. Not everything is comparable to blackface. Not everything is robbing someone of their identity. Homosexuals play heterosexuals. Atheists play Christians. Brits play Americans. It's ACTING. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:972380469] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>For fuck's sake, it is acting. Not everything is comparable to blackface. Not everything is robbing someone of their identity. Homosexuals play heterosexuals. Atheists play Christians. Brits play Americans.It's ACTING.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
epik_fail1 03/24/23 11:08:21 AM #28:	Sorry, but as a gay dude, I have no problem with it and he might be bi or questioning anyway. I forgot his name because I did not watch the series he was playing in, but a young 18 years old man was accusing for "queer baiting" because he was "straight" and social media pressured him to come out as bi. Just don't prevent gay people from playing gay people --- Dragaux for smash! <cite>epik_fail1 posted [p:972380479] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>Sorry, but as a gay dude, I have no problem with it and he might be bi or questioning anyway. I forgot his name because I did not watch the series he was playing in, but a young 18 years old man was accusing for "queer baiting" because he was "straight" and social media pressured him to come out as bi. Just don't prevent gay people from playing gay people </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ClockworkHare 03/24/23 11:10:39 AM #29:	As a gay man, I'm fine with Fraser playing one in an award-winning film for 3 reasons: when the performance is done well (by sane standards), I don't give a flying fuck about the orientation of the actor...most of us don't his infamous crucifixion by the biased divorce system garners my sympathy for him as a fellow western man strictly limiting notable actors being allowed to play gay roles inadvertently leads to less representation of gay culture in hit films. In the west, I'm really not hung up on the orientation of the actor doing the role. I'm fine with it when the chosen actor can do the part justice without making gay folk look like stereotypical abominations like certain other nations still casually do. --- Bite me like one of your French rolls. https://tryimg.com/u/2020/08/11/1tZ1gcH.jpg <cite>ClockworkHare posted [p:972380532] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>As a gay man, I'm fine with Fraser playing one in an award-winning film for 3 reasons:when the performance is done well (by sane standards), I don't give a flying fuck about the orientation of the actor...most of us don'this infamous crucifixion by the biased divorce system garners my sympathy for him as a fellow western manstrictly limiting notable actors being allowed to play gay roles inadvertently leads to less representation of gay culture in hit films.In the west, I'm really not hung up on the orientation of the actor doing the role. I'm fine with it when the chosen actor can do the part justice without making gay folk look like stereotypical abominations like certain other nations still casually do.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EmbraceOfDeath 03/24/23 11:49:39 AM #30:	DipDipDiver posted... I think the usual implication is that straight actors winning awards for playing gay characters is somehow taking those opportunities away from gay actors, but if it's only 6 Oscars since 1985 I'm not sure that argument holds much weight And it completely ignores the fact that gay people play straight roles all the time. --- No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk. <cite>EmbraceOfDeath posted [p:972381321] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>DipDipDiver posted... </cite><quote>I think the usual implication is that straight actors winning awards for playing gay characters is somehow taking those opportunities away from gay actors, but if it's only 6 Oscars since 1985 I'm not sure that argument holds much weight</quote>And it completely ignores the fact that gay people play straight roles all the time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gritty 03/24/23 11:52:49 AM #31:	In the movie had absolutely nothing to do with his sexuality so fuck right off with this false controversy <cite>Gritty posted [p:972381376] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>In the movie had absolutely nothing to do with his sexuality so fuck right off with this false controversy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
whitelytning 03/24/23 11:53:02 AM #32:	creativerealms posted... Its not a controversy. Idiots on Twitter complaining doesn't mean its an issue. This. --- ************************************************ http://i.imgur.com/iZdWIKJ.jpg <cite>whitelytning posted [p:972381385] in Brendan Fr... [t:80389355]...</cite> <quote>creativerealms posted... </cite><quote>Its not a controversy. Idiots on Twitter complaining doesn't mean its an issue.</quote>This. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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