• Bonehead@kbin.social
      2·
      10 months ago

      What is there to elaborate? Other than a brief embrace shown on screen, he didn’t appear to play the role in any stereotypical gay manner. That’s all…

        • Bonehead@kbin.social
          3·
          10 months ago

          I didn’t say he was. That’s the entire point. They briefly showed some gay characteristics on screen, but otherwise he just played the character plainly.

          • USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteMEnglish
            02·
            10 months ago

            Yeah, he played the character like a real person (who lives in space and brings a sword to a skydiving phaser fight) and not a caricature.

            I’m assuming you don’t believe all gay men are stereotypes from 1980s comedies?

            So, unless you were expecting there to be hardcore man on man penetrative sex on screen, what would “gayness” to John Cho’s acting mean?

            • Bonehead@kbin.social
              3·
              10 months ago

              I’m not playing this game. You’re obviously looking for a confrontation. You’ll have to find someone else to play with.

              • USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteMEnglish
                01·
                10 months ago

                I’m not looking for a confrontation, I just want to know what “gayness in acting” means, and why it is apparently a problem.

                • Bonehead@kbin.social
                  2·
                  10 months ago

                  I never said it was a problem. You’re trying to make a problem where none exists. I’m not playing this game. Have a nice day.

                  • USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteMEnglish
                    02·
                    10 months ago

                    You’re trying to make a problem where none exists.

                    Again, I’m only trying to figure out what you meant when you said:

                    And even then, there wasn’t much gayness to his acting.

                    Because it sounds pretty ignorant.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Because usually when Hollywood includes a gay character they’re doing it to villainize them, make fun of them, or show them off to cynically virtue-signal diversity. Having a character that’s just a normal character who happens to be gay, without making a big deal about it or using it as a plot point, is rare.