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| re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 09:31 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told - young-walsingham 02:32 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| So interesting. I remember reading (perhaps even hereon) that this actress had already played a supporting role in this musical, so it might’ve been thought that her claim of ignorance of Celie’s sexual romance with another woman was false or a legal ploy. Oh well. It sounds like the lawyers are up and at it. I personally think she should be permitted to quit (and perhaps pay damages). One need not play a woman-who-loves-women or even condone it to be a valued artist. But, still, if you sign a contract, well, if you sign a contract there are consequences for breaking it. Usually those consequences are financial. But not social ostracism nor cancelling, I would hope. |
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| re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 10:26 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told - lordofspeech 09:31 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| This thing happened in March 2019. | |
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| re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:59 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told - lordofspeech 09:31 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| "I personally think she should be permitted to quit." This whole story still doesn't make sense to me, as it seems to me she was fired from the show she would have quit anyway because she supposedly didn't understand the character's lesbianism would be made clear, and that's against her religious belief. What makes even less sense to me is your statement that "she should be permitted to quit." Do you mean she should have been allowed to quit without being fired first? If that's what you mean, what would be the difference? If anything, I assume it would normally be better for her financially if she was fired rather than quit. So, can you attempt to explain what you mean? |
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| re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 01:33 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told - Michael_Portantiere 11:59 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| I guess I didn’t understand. I thought she wanted to quit, but the producers swooped in to fire her. But, you’re right. It sounds like she wanted to just stay and play the role her way, which presumably would focus on Celie being trained to enjoy sex by her husband’s mistress but not in a personal, romantic way. I guess. How could « Push the Button » otherwise be played? | |
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| re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 12:18 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 12:17 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told - Michael_Portantiere 11:59 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| It seems to me that she intended to play the role with no "lesbian undertones," whatever the script said... and believed that everyone else would bow to accommodate her desired interpretation. | |
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| re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:26 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told - MockingbirdGirl 12:17 am EST 02/09/21 | |
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| "It seems to me that she intended to play the role with no "lesbian undertones," whatever the script said... and believed that everyone else would bow to accommodate her desired interpretation." Okay, thanks, now this is (maybe) starting to make a little more sense. I guess she wanted to play the role with no "lesbian undertones," and would have quit if the production insisted she play it WITH the lesbianism intact, but she didn't get the chance to quit because they (justifiably) fired her first. Does that sound accurate? I guess the most confusing part that remains is how this performer could have been unaware of the lesbian content in the show after having appeared in a previous production, in another role. But who knows, maybe the lesbianism was very much played down in that previous production? I wonder if it came down something as specific as: Maybe there was no kiss between the characters in the previous production, and she was told that she would be a kiss in the new one? |
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