rant · moment 6 of 22
Being Gay Isn't the Interesting Thing About Him
from Bay Ridge Boys · #133
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3 minTim and Giannis discuss not wanting to be defined by identity categories, referencing Mateo Lane's talent, the impossibility of a show like Married with Children airing today, and the Bryan Cranston wheelchair-casting controversy.
- 14:12Even if you're undeniably talented and can't hide being gay, like Mateo Lane, it doesn't matter—he's just a guy who happens to be gay.
- 14:37Tim's agents in 2010 wanted him to do a 15-minute Netflix set by leaning into a character voice or persona.
- 15:10A show like Ruffalo's version of Maurice couldn't exist today; it would be considered a hate crime, even though Puerto Ricans and gays were among its biggest fans.
- 15:38Brian Krasinski got in trouble for playing a character in a wheelchair, raising the question of whether acting itself is now forbidden.
- 15:50If an unknown actor in a wheelchair doesn't sell tickets, it's a business decision, not a moral failure.
- 16:08Hollywood lecturing everyone on morality is absurd when the industry is built on sexual predators and pedophilia.
- 16:19It's like if the subprime mortgage industry crashed the world economy and then turned around telling people to do better.
Mateo LaneHollywoodBrian KransonEddie MurphyJackie GleasonCarmen Electra