Does popular = good? - Page 6

innerSpaceman · 06-19-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I figured that most would not have a problem with straight for gay.

I have problems with gay for pay ... but that's sort of a tangent, no?

Kevy Baby · 06-19-2007, 05:44 PM

LOL

I've already made too many OT posts in this thread.

Prudence · 06-19-2007, 06:14 PM

But if gay for pay were popular, would that make it good?

blueerica · 06-19-2007, 06:29 PM

Hmmm... "Gay for pay..." I'll have to put that little phrase in my pocket and think about it.

Alex · 06-19-2007, 06:42 PM

Aren't there SAG rules making it near mandatory now that except in exceptional circumstances characters be played by the same racial type? I believe the stunt person union has something (I seem to recall a settlement over some movie that used a white stunt man in makeup to double a black actor).

I don't think it is necessarily a big deal, though it can be distracting. I was always annoyed that most of the Koreans on MASH were actually Japanese (and in many 1940s war movies Japanese characters were frequently Chinese). Considering how Koreans view the Japanese (on average, not well) I had a Korean friend in college who found it very insulting.

cirquelover · 06-19-2007, 06:56 PM

I like Shawshank, not my top ten fav or anything though. I also like Green Mile, but of course I love anything with Tom Hanks. They are also both Stephen King movies if I recall correctly, which gives them more Jill kudos!

blueerica · 06-19-2007, 06:56 PM

While I completely understand where your friend is coming from, Alex, and with my heritage as such I also understand the long-held resentments between various Asian culture, I have to question whether any SAG rules mandating that roles be played by a certain race. Would such a rule from SAG be just another form of racism, preventing one actor from portraying a role because of his or her race? After all, it is "acting" not "being," even if it's coming from an actor of the portrayed race or sexual orientation.

I detest the word race.

innerSpaceman · 06-19-2007, 07:13 PM

Really, that's among the most absurd things I've ever heard ... even for SAG.

I think those Koreans need to get a freaking grip. It's probably more insulting to their nationality and culture to have such nimrods among them.

Strangler Lewis · 06-19-2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Really, that's among the most absurd things I've ever heard ... even for SAG.

I think those Koreans need to get a freaking grip. It's probably more insulting to their nationality and culture to have such nimrods among them.

Miss Gorightry!

€uroMeinke · 06-19-2007, 07:42 PM

There is no Good

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