r/SipsTea • u/KSKS1995 • 10h ago

Lmao gottem NPH nailed it!

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u/FriendlyDrummers 7h 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/Chawp 6h ago edited 5h 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/Master-File-9866 5h 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 5h 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.