People are mad about Scarlett Johansson being cast as a transman. - By people, I mean the twitter outrage brigade.

[Broken Pussy]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/marcusjone...role-casting?utm_term=.njxO2oJgwB#.wyg08zG5PJ

A Lot Of People Are Mad That Scarlett Johansson's Newest Role Is A Trans Man
The actor's response directing critics "to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment" didn't help.

Originally posted on July 3, 2018, at 6:38 p.m.
Updated on July 4, 2018, at 12:12 a.m.

Marcus Jones
BuzzFeed News Reporter

Scarlett Johansson's newest upcoming role will be that of Dante "Tex" Gill, who was the real-life owner of massage parlors in 1970s Pittsburgh that also served as hubs for prostitution.

Angela Weiss/AFP / Getty Images/Pittsburgh Press

The film is currently called Rub and Tug and pairs her again with director Rupert Sanders, who she collaborated with for Ghost In the Shell, the film adaptation of a popular Japanese manga that became the subject of a whitewashing casting controversy.
Buried in details of Gill's life of crime is the fact that Gill lived publicly as a man, and would likely identify as trans in modern times, and so Johannson, as a cis woman, playing the character did not go over well on social media.

The statement a representative for the actor gave Bustle in response to the latest casting controversy only stoked the flames: "Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment."

The statement refers to other cisgender actors who have played critically acclaimed transgender roles. Tambor has won the Golden Globe and Emmy for his role in Transparent. Huffman was nominated for an Oscar for Transamerica, and Leto won for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.

A representative for New Regency had no comment on the backlash against Johansson's casting. BuzzFeed News has reached out to Johansson's representative for further comment.

CORRECTION
July 4, 2018, at 12:12 a.m.
This article was edited to reflect Dante “Tex” Gill’s preferred name as an adult.

https://m.mic.com/articles/190125/s...tug-transgender-man-dante-tex-gill#.A7t9v2c8P

https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/gykzj9/scarlett-johansson-to-play-a-transgender-man-in-new-movie-rub-and-tug

 

[Fuck you jewish cunt]

Trannies get mad over shit no one cares about. More news at 11.

 

[Gordon Cole]

Scar-Jo's going from playing a Jap to playing a tranny, and they're both made by the same director. At some point you gotta wonder who's more exceptional.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

God forbid an actress act.

On the positive side, this might raise the suicide rate of trannies from 48% to 52%.

 

[Bigtits90]

trannies should be gassed tbh famalam

 

[HIVidaBoheme]

Spoiler: Lol calm down

So much for "REEEEEE WHERE'S MUH REPRESENTATION?!"

Do they seriously think there are FtM actors in Hollywood? Oh i forgot, it's [current year], hey should cast any rando who says they are trans. Even if they don't pass.

Tbh i wanna see a Rosa Parks movie with Scarlett Johannson, imagine the REEEEING that will cause

 

[OhGoy]

they're mad because someone who's just going to splash on some makeup is going to look more passable than official troons, who are practically drowning themselves in hormone supplements

 

[Wesley Willis]

I'm waiting for a Back to the Future reboot starring a troon who accidentally detransitions and then ends up staying that way.

 

[Broken Pussy]

Tweets and retweets from some of the usual suspects:

 

[OhGoy]

Tweets and retweets from some of the usual suspects:

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this only further proves that they're just butthurt that a non-troon is going to look more passable than an actual ftm person

 

[Broken Pussy]

A chime-in from Trans Lifeline:

 

[Feline Darkmage]

Tweets and retweets from some of the usual suspects

Yeah this is how I know I'm on the right side of this issue. Toren, Kate "Jesse Singal's Spurned Lover" Burns, and Secret Garden Gnome are on the opposite side.

 

[The Shadow]

Scarlett is a crap actress, but she's more fuckable as a transdude than Hillary Swank is on a normal day.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

I'm still waiting for "The Last Nigger On Earth" starring Tom Hanks.

 

[Positron]

If they care so much about trannies playing trannies, why didn't any of them sing praise about that Chilean film? In fact I doubt any of them knows it exists.

 

[Maiden-TieJuan]

Jeeze, maybe because most trans females usually play over the top, histrionic, flappy armed, foil mouthed whores. Literal whores. Don't they think that kind of depiction of how THEY really view females might actually make them look bad? That females need a good male to take care of them? That sex work is a viable and non life ruining alternative to blue collar or traditional jobs??

 

[Wesley Willis]

Notice how they how they want a troon playing a troon, but they never say anything about a troon playing a cis because they're so fucking deformed it'd be laughable.

I think they're just jealous.

 

[Gordon Cole]

If they care so much about trannies playing trannies, why didn't any of them sing praise about that Chilean film? In fact I doubt any of them knows it exists.

Let's be honest, they'd be butthurt at A Fantastic Woman for some other reason (Evil cis male director, the fact that Daniela Vega actually makes an effort to pass, etc.)

 

[repentance]

As if these fucks would have been OK with Buck Angel being cast.

 

[Deven]

Only psychopaths can play psychopaths! Only cancer patients can play cancer patients!