<del>Kinda</del> VERY Homophobic Newsweek Editorial on Gay Actors — Page 2

I do hate to see publications die. I betya GLAAD will try to take credit for it!

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Best12.... Rock Hudson also made a movie titled "All That Heaven Allows" (1955) with Jane Wyman. In the film, he plays a working class guy who falls in love with a wealthy upper class widow...who happens to be a number of years older than he. I personally thought he played a convincing straight character, when I saw it some time ago on cable. from RC in Austin, Texas

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I came to this board to post the same article about Newsweek being put up for sale. Looks like Newsweek is the one being put in the closet.

I don't care if the author is gay, this article is a transparent homophobic rant.
I despise when self-haters like this become the "gay voice" of a publication or organization.
Thanks for the welcome news, Joey, that Newsweek's days are numbered. These days it's no more than a news-feed anyway (except apparently for a little gay bashing when they can get it in).

You will NEVER know how many gay actors have connvincingly played straight. Quite a few more than you think, in fact you are watching them every day.

I think that's his (stupid and nonsensical) point - that it's only if you know the actor is gay that you won't be convinced by them playing a straight role. If you didn't know, it would be OK - in other words, if you're a gay actor and ever want to play a straight character, don't come out because people won't be able to take you seriously. Lovely.

Good on Bway World posters for condemning this article.
Stage Door Sally, you got it ALL right.

What about the Ian McKellens, John Gielguds and Nigel Hawthornes of the world? I guess they don't count because being British is kind of gay anyway.

Piraguy2

I agree with you on Sean Hayes. Example: Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane on Cheers and went on to the spin-off Frasier so when a person goes to see him perform in LaCage aux Folles, and they are not able to divorce their mindsets from his character of Frasier and his character in LaCage, then it would be a waste of money and time because the clear objectivity would be futile and a loss. Same goes for David Hyde Pierce too and many other Broadway stars who came from successful television shows and/or success on film.

This reporter seems to have issues so I don't take this article seriously at all.

Actors like Andy Griffith who had his successful comedy show and then later on with Matlock, Alan Alda in MASH and then The West Wing, among others who are versatile in their characters and show it in their work.

If a audience member/viewer cannot allow for openness in their mindsets to enjoy multi-characters in an actors career, then they will find themselves stuck in a rut, so to speak.

It is so great to see Sean Hayes displaying versatility in his character of Chuck and his role in The Bucket List (which BTW he was severely under-utilized).

I think Jim J. Bullock plays straight better than Taylor Lautner.

eta: wait, Andy Griffith is gay?

Updated On: 5/6/10 at 05:17 PM

As further proof of how incorrect this article is, I had no idea Victor Garber was gay until I read this thread. And he's always been convincing as straight, especially as the totally badass Spy-Daddy on Alias. Plus his two-season run on Eli Stone (and not many people can seem straight while randomly breaking into song!) or as the lecherous Professor Callahan. By the article's logic, we should have expected these characters to adopt a lisp and/or wear a skirt.

'm so confused. Alan Alda, Andy Griffith and Sean William Scott are gay? Or just wishful thinking coupled with rumors, which is not the same thing.

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Everyone who's jumping all over this...just remember it if you make a fuss when a straight actor plays a gay role. Perhaps no poster here has done that, but I know I've heard plenty of complaints about, for ex., 'A Single Man' or 'Brokeback Mtn' from gay/gay-friendly people.

The problem with this story is that it's a trend piece based on only a couple of instances of the alleged trend. I don't think his examples were completely invalid, but he overlooks a whole bunch of gay-as-straight performances that were not problematic. He found a few examples of something and declared it a trend even though it's not.

I too felt Sean Hayes was holding back -- perhaps because he'd slip into "Jack-ness" if he got a bit more hysterical with his reactions? It's also occurred to me that Jonathan Groff's character may be faking his whole interest in Rachel on Glee. Perhaps he's a straight boy just using her to destroy the competition, or perhaps there's an additional layer to his deception: he's using her to destroy the competition AND he doesn't even like girls. Also, I often found T.R. Knight nauseatingly wussy/effeminate on Grey's Anatomy. Was that "gay"? Maybe. And, sorry, I never buy Nathan Lane as straight.

I don't agree with this reporter that gays are never convincing as straight, but I agree with many of the examples he chose to cite. It's the ones he doesn't cite that disprove his "theory."