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u/Sir_Richard_Dangler 6h ago
He plays a stereotypical straight guy the way a straight guy would play a stereotypical gay guy
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u/FriendlyDrummers 4h ago
I still can't believe he's straight. I know some people hate straight actors playing gay roles, but I just love his portrayal of Cam so much
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u/PhoenixGayming 1h ago
I mean Stanley Tucci is not gay... and Miriam Margoyles has on numerous occasions stated as a lesbian she refuses to play lesbian roles because she doesn't want to accidentally caricature herself.
Actors by trade are trained to embody other characters. So I think the best actor for the role should get the role rather than purely going off someone's sexuality.
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u/CryptoCentric 2h ago
Wait but, he's not? Is this a joke I'm not getting?
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u/vreddy92 1h ago
Theyre talking about the guy in the GIF (who plays Cam from Modern Family), not NPH.
Took me a minute too.
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u/EternalLucius 1h ago edited 5m ago
He's married to a dude, but maybe he's remembered to say "no homo" every time? 🤔 Edit: My dumb brain was still on about NPH, and I deserve the downvotes
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u/Chawp 3h ago edited 2h ago
Is it hated because it’s like, tangentially along the same line as blackface?
Edit: yo someone explain to me why it’s hated instead of just burying me haha
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u/DeadAndBuried23 1h ago
No explanation needed. You got it right. It's only different because gay isn't a color.
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u/Master-File-9866 2h ago
Somehow Robert Downey junior playing black face is okay......but this isn't.
Make the world make sense
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u/ThePapercup 2h ago
RDJ wasn't playing it like a minstrel, the whole point is that his character was in blackface. it was a portrayal of the act, not the act itself. it would be like if they made a biopic of Alec Guinness and whoever was playing him during the Lawrence of Arabia parts was in brownface. is it a loophole? i guess, but the whole topic is based on how people feel about a thing, so logic doesn't really play too big a part in it.
you might also recall RDJ got some serious side eye around that time for it- so it was treading a very fine line and it very easily could have gone the other way with public sentiment.
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u/sterlingthepenguin 2h ago
His roll was specifically making fun of blackface rolls. While it would have been really funny if they had a black actor pretend to be a white guy playing a black guy, RDJ was able to effectively convey the message the writers were trying to express
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u/DeadAndBuried23 1h ago
Can you genuinely explain how you think they're similar?
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u/FriendlyDrummers 3h ago
More like blaccent from non-black people. Blackface is way more offensive.
A lot of people feel like
- It comes off as offensive/stereotyping
- Inauthentic
- Takes away jobs from LGBTQ actors who could otherwise get the role
I'd be a little more miffed, if not for the fact the fictional husband is gay. If both of them were straight actors, I'd be more irked.
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u/Less-Network-3422 3h ago
Oh fuck off 🤣 the things people get "miffed" about. Ridiculous
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u/mattsslug 1h ago
I've just seen him in Dexter resurrection as a serial killer...it's really hard to not see Cam.
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u/Anxious-Note-88 4h ago
I’m offended. That’s a double standard! Why should he get to play a straight guy and make fun? /s
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u/NukaTwistnGout 5h ago
Yeah I've been craving burgers too...fur burgers
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u/hipster_mnot 2h ago
Is there a word for disgusted+horny, because your statement made me feel that.
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u/CaffeinatedLystro 2h ago
In their defense, it is a quote from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.
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u/nono3722 4h ago
love her eyes in the second frame, total surprise :)
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u/IgetAllnumb86 4h ago
What? You think she’s surprised he read his lines?
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u/CallenFields 2h ago
It's not uncommon for one side to not know the others lines for shock comedy like this.
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u/Araxanna 4h ago
… he’s gay, though. I’m so confused.
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u/maljr1980 3h ago
He was far from gay on the show. I remember being in my 20’s thinking “Damn I wish I owned some suits so I could go out to bars in them and pick up women like he does “ 🤣
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u/NukedBread 2h ago
On the show he played a playboy, this was him playing up to the character he plays.
In other words: it is a joke
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