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| re: Sugar casting ideas? | |
| Posted by: Ann 09:14 am EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Sugar casting ideas? - huskyital 11:29 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
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| I don't think the ditzy blonde thing works so well these days. I think they choose a problematic project for 2022, did a terrific job with it, but still have the problem of pre-conceived notions from the film and its premise. People who would probably like it are not going. And I'm not sure they have many discounts out there for non-insiders to give it a low cost try. |
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| re: Sugar casting ideas? | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 04:12 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Sugar casting ideas? - Ann 09:14 am EST 12/28/22 | |
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| I agree about it being problematic for this moment. I adore the movie--agree with those who think it may be the greatest film comedy ever--but it was a product of ITS time (late 50s) and was able to do some of its gender stereotyping by harkening back to an even earlier era. I have not seen this production (simply not in the city this time) so can only go by reports, and I gather the actor playing Daphne/Jerry is wonderful, but it seems to wrench the focus of the plot so much by having a discovery of transgender identity in the story. It also sounds like the discovery of gender identity is accomplished by dressing up and imitating a stereotype of a woman--that doesn't sound particularly progressive to me, even for something that is farcical in genre. The lives of trans people deserve better and more thoughtful (even if in the form of comedy) dramatization than that! | |
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| re: Sugar casting ideas? | |
| Posted by: Ann 05:57 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Sugar casting ideas? - BruceinIthaca 04:12 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| I don't think it wrenches the focus (but there's so little focus on Sugar, it creates a void) and I didn't get the feeling the character is supposed to be trans, but non binary, to use a contemporary term. | |
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