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You know what they say about assumptions... (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (17 children)

To be fair, John Cho played Sulu straight until it was revealed that he was gay. And even then, there wasn't much gayness to his acting. Unless you count bringing a sword to a skydiving phaser fight, but I'd consider that more bad ass than gay.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (13 children)

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

Care to elaborate?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

He wasn't a Hollywood camp gay stereotype character.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why would anyone think he would be?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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.

I don't know if that's as true even in 2016 when the movie came out, as it once was.

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