The controversy following journalist Ramin Setoodeh’s recent Newsweek essay suggesting that straight actors can play gay while gays can’t play straight is fascinating. I find it interesting from two standpoints.
First, it illustrates how mainstream the discussion of gay issues has now become. Debates that used to occur behind the walls of the “alternative” media are now taking place in the mainstream media and online, where bloggers correct and heckle the media constantly. And that seems good, both for the gay community and the culture at large.
First, it illustrates how mainstream the discussion of gay issues has now become. Debates that used to occur behind the walls of the “alternative” media are now taking place in the mainstream media and online, where bloggers correct and heckle the media constantly. And that seems good, both for the gay community and the culture at large.
