Bros Actor Guy Branum Blasts The Whale and Brendan Fraser's Casting
Guy Branum says he has "real problems" with Darren Aronofsky casting "a straight actor who is not very fat" for the lead role in The Whale.
“I think that the source material of The Whale is problematic. I think that it’s trying to use extreme fatness as a metaphor for gay pain. And as an actual fat gay person, I feel like my life doesn’t need to be a metaphor for somebody else’s pain."
“I also have real problems with the fact that they cast a straight actor who is not very fat, and [who] used prosthetics to represent fatness, in the film. I think it allows people to talk about that character as an object in a way that wouldn’t be possible if it were an actual fat person who you had to look in the eyes.”
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 28 | October 6, 2022 6:36 AM
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See it because the tranny is hilarious. Yes, because trannies are known for their sense of humor.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 4 | October 6, 2022 2:42 AM
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He’s so angry and his insecurities are transparent.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 6, 2022 2:44 AM
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Him and Billy are acting like sore losers.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 6, 2022 2:46 AM
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If I were he, I'd worry much less about my weight or my gayness and much more about the huge moles on my head. YUCK. they are likely going to turn cancerous.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 6, 2022 2:51 AM
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R7, "Him and Billy are acting like sore losers."
Yup, him sure are.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 6, 2022 3:00 AM
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"It's objectifying fat gay men."
SO WHAT? It's just a goddamned movie. It won't hurt you if you don't watch it. It probably won't hurt you if you do watch it but I don't know, you're kind of a bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 6, 2022 3:06 AM
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[quote] Acting like it?
Billy is not THAT good of an actor.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 6, 2022 3:07 AM
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Eichner isn’t white.
This person’s “observations” can be discarded.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 6, 2022 3:12 AM
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Definitely has no fats and no fems on his Grindr profile, with a profile pic from about 15 years ago.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 6, 2022 3:13 AM
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Daniel Franzese had a similar response to this. To me, it just screams of entitlement. "I am fat AND gay, therefore that role should be MINE."
by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 6, 2022 3:15 AM
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[quote] In talking about how cruelly @billyeichner, white, cis, rich, hot- or not-hot-enough-to-be-a-movie-star (depending on who's tweeting) demanded the queer community support his movie, a thing that is rarely mentioned is the rest of the cast.
And Billy’s guaranteed it stays that way, by lashing out he’s made sure the discourse/coverage about this movie is about the box office and nothing else.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 6, 2022 3:19 AM
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This whine fest is just getting worse.
The might as well be please see this insufferable film with insufferable actors and feel Woke. Pass
by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 6, 2022 3:37 AM
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[quote] —And we wonder how and why Trump got elected.
Because of bad grammar on gay social media??
[italic]Really??[/italic]
by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 6, 2022 3:40 AM
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And nose hairs shooting out of his nostrils r2!
by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 6, 2022 4:07 AM
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This FAT QUEEN really needs to give it a rest....
by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 6, 2022 4:10 AM
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[quote] Eichner isn’t white.
He isn’t white like Italians aren’t white.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 6, 2022 4:14 AM
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I find it hysterical when people like to proclaim that Jews “aren’t white”. For all intents and purposes, yes, they very much are (as R22 notes). “White” does not merely describe people with Northern European ancestry.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 6, 2022 4:19 AM
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OP is worse than Hitler's girdle.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | October 6, 2022 4:20 AM
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If he has seborrheic keratoses like that NOW, he’s going to look like a melting chocolate chip cookie THEN.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 25 | October 6, 2022 4:44 AM
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This guy is a whinging fool. “Extreme fatness” IS a manifestation of internal pain for 99% of people who are obese or morbidly obese. You don’t just magically get that fat from slight overeating—you become morbidly obese by being a food addict, which almost always manifests from a place of hurt. Morbidly obese people by and large are people who have experienced a lot of trauma and/or abuse in their lives. Food is their coping mechanism/drug of choice.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 6, 2022 4:56 AM
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I sent this to a friend who was thinking of reaching out to Guy’s reps for a role. Now she’s over him. The whiney bitch thing is really unappealing.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 6, 2022 5:21 AM
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The only thing I remember him from was the Chelsea handler talk show.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 6, 2022 6:36 AM
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