andros_rex@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days ago“This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”lemmy.worldimagemessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up1917arrow-down114
arrow-up1903arrow-down1image“This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”lemmy.worldandros_rex@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square196fedilink
minus-squareinsaneinthemembrane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoSame as when SNL wanted men to play female politicians in sketches when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were right there and smashed it in the end.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoSNL is comedy, and there’s comedy in using a man to portray a woman. That’s not the same as using the wrong sort of person because you think it doesn’t matter
minus-squareinsaneinthemembrane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoOk, you choose a man instead of Tina Fey to play a Sarah Palin and see how much funnier that won’t be.
Same as when SNL wanted men to play female politicians in sketches when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were right there and smashed it in the end.
SNL is comedy, and there’s comedy in using a man to portray a woman. That’s not the same as using the wrong sort of person because you think it doesn’t matter
Ok, you choose a man instead of Tina Fey to play a Sarah Palin and see how much funnier that won’t be.
I choose Alec Baldwin