Sigh. I suppose I shouldn't automatically bristle upon hearing that, given that Fab is fairly young and just starting his career. But I wish QaF would cast some straight actors that didn't study at Kerr Smith's No, Really, I Promise I'm 100% Real Man School of Public Relations. Couldn't someone just say "nah, I'm not really gay, just an actor. Next question?"
Yeah, I wouldn't have mentioned it, except that I noticed it and winced a bit, and I'm usually somewhat oblivious. I don't know, he's a young guy starting a month's run in his hometown (for the first time in 8 years), coming from a fairly macho community (I don't mean North York), probably felt the need to say something and maybe the reporter made a bit of a big deal about it. I agree with Matt and Sean. Not that he shouldn't take the roles, but that he should say, I'm an actor, move along.
Couldn't someone just say "nah, I'm not really gay, just an actor. Next question?"
Or how about just saying, "The character is gay, my sexuality is beside the point. I'm just the actor who plays him." Really, why do we feel we have a right to know someone's sexual orientation anyway?
I think part of the anxiety the actors have is that they won't be given straight roles if they are thought to be gay.
It's probably not an unfounded anxiety on their part, much as I hate to admit it. I don't recall Rupert Everett appearing in that many projects after My Best Friend's Wedding and The Next Best Thing catapulted him and his orientation into the spotlight. Though perhaps the career downturn is more properly blamed on co-starring in an execrable Madonna movie.
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Does anyone know, off the top of your head, which episodes on the Season 4 DVDs have commentary? I know Restless does... but don't know the others.
Thanks!
Nora, I am fairly sure Jane E does commentary for Superstar. Joss, Marti, and Seth Green make with very fun commentary on Wild At Heart. I disremember if there were others or not.
Does anyone know, off the top of your head, which episodes on the Season 4 DVDs have commentary? I know Restless does... but don't know the others.
Wild at Heart does, and it's pretty funny. It's Joss and Seth and (I think) Jane.
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Ooops -- Marti, not Jane, on Wild at Heart.
Doug Petrie also does The Initiative. Joss does Restless and Hush.
Doug Petrie also does The Initiative.
The whole Initiative? What does Dr Walsh have to say about that?
Which Dr. Walsh. The evil bitch monster, the one with a wooden skewer through her chest, or the reanimated tubed zombie one??
What does Dr Walsh have to say about that?
She says, "Get away from my GI Joe-bots, bitch!"
