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[–]loveSloaneDebate King[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Im curious why you think they can’t handle the responsibility? I’ve seen a few really great performances, but maybe I just think they were great because I’m not trans.

Also why you think trans actors can handle the responsibility but their not trans counterparts can’t? To me it seems like if an actor who isn’t trans can’t handle a trans role, I don’t really get why a trans actor can handle the role of a member of the opposite sex.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have never seen a portrayal of a trans woman by a cis man that wasn’t at least a little offensive. Natal woman can be okay but even then it’s usually a parade or horrible stereotypes and offensive jokes. I don’t know if they don’t realize how horrible those scripts are or just don’t care but either way, they can’t handle it.

Also why you think trans actors can handle the responsibility but their not trans counterparts can’t? To me it seems like if an actor who isn’t trans can’t handle a trans role, I don’t really get why a trans actor can handle the role of a member of the opposite sex.

Parallel levels of oppression is relevant I think. A man playing a trans woman is punching down, a trans woman playing a natal woman is at worst punching across. And there isn’t the body of evidence of trans women playing intractably offensive stereotypes of natal women like there is of men playing trans women. It’s more okay for natal women to play trans women than for cis men to for the same reason.