Posted: 3/3/22 at 7:15pm
Much like political elections, while the screamers on Twitter are indeed the loudest, they are not representative of the majority. Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire didn't/won't fail because they use a transphobic trope, they weren't good shows, worst of which were/are their scores. (Doubtfire, to be fair hasn't failed yet and I'd bet the Summer tourist crowd will give it a bit of a boost, so we'll see.) That said, the trope can indeed be harmful to trans people and context is everything, so they don't get a pass until we see it.
On that same token, has everyone also forgotten that it's getting an entirely new book? You don't even know what they've updated, taken out, etc. So some of you are either clairvoyant or you're just stamping your feet to strangers on the internet because your virtue signaling satisfies some need for attention you don't get elsewhere. Chill, you actually don't know what you're talking about when it comes to content other than what you know of the film which may or may not have been completely overhauled for the stage show. I would imagine Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin have a bit of a different perspective than the original screenwriter.
