They’re fine with sexual assault jokes too, but only if the person making the joke or committing the crimes is a Republican. That’s the key part, because they’re fine with conspiring with Russians, blatant corruption, and so many other things, but if and only if you’re a Republican.

You’re preaching to the choir on that point but the fact that trans actors generally aren’t getting hired either for trans roles or cis roles tells me that we’re going to see a repetition of the ever so slow inclusion process. Might as well get it going now.

And you know what? If trans actors were being cast in roles that tell their stories and tell other people’s stories too, no one would have noticed how this movie was being cast. But that’s not what’s going on and if history is anything to go by that’s never going to happen until trans people first start starring as…

You realize that Johannssonn was supposed to be playing a trans guy, right?

If only there were some other role or capacity that ScarJo could be in in this film that the company she owns is making. Gosh darnit why is the only role in a film “actor”? If only there was something, anything, she could do besides act in what her company is producing?!?! Too bad there is only 1 side to the camera…

No, you were commenting that this story wouldn't get told now that she'd been told not to star in it. This is despite the fact that we:re on a post where a trans person has told you why it wasn't a good idea so my comment gave you another example, from the past, explaining why this was wrong and absolutely no great…

I think the producers of the film were damned no matter what they did.

Questionable use of the phrase “real women” as a dichotomal opposite to “trans women” aside...

The overwhelming narrative that has come out of this is that only trans actors should play trans characters.

Forget Poehler, Pratt was only going to pay so much attention to a woman. How in the hell did Nick Offerman’s exemplar of a kind, decent man not make more of a dent?!?

You realize that Johannssonn was supposed to be playing a trans guy, right? And that when Hollywood is casting a cis actor for a trans role, 98% of the time it’s a person who is of the opposite gender of the trans role?

It’s possible that it’s a coordinated attack, but it’s also possible that he’s their friend and they think his firing is some bullshit. 

Does anyone miss the days before Guardians of the Galaxy when he was kind of pudgy-cute Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation? How did Amy Poehler fail him so miserably? How did he fail Amy Poehler and her awesomeness so miserably?

When you’re just making jokes there’s no actual woman involved that they can call a liar and/or slut.

“White audiences will never want to go see black artists anyways so minstrel shows in blackface are actually a way to show them what they’re missing. The caricature aspect? No big deal!

having cisgender actors portray trans roles perpetuates the idea that trans people are “playing dress up”

Why is it Amy Poehler’s responsibility to make sure a former coworker ends up not a republican? Women are not responsible for the shitty ideals of grown men ESPECIALLY ones they haven't even raised. 

Wait how is his true form as a bible thumper Amy Poehler’s fault?

agree with everything you said except for amy failing him. uhhh, what does she have to do with this? she didn’t fail him, he’s just terrible. him and rob lowe were both fantastic on that show, and they both suck as people.

Geniune question - how did Amy Poehler fail him?