Would this sorta thing be less problematic if disabled actors were given more work in Hollywood? Or is the contention that abled bodied actors shouldn't play disabled roles ever?
Most likely I think so yeah. They aren't given many opportunities
I mean I really don't get what is hard for people to grasp about why a handicapped person would be upset in situations like this.
Stop chalking things up to people "whining" on Twitter (it's ironic because the anti-PC/everyone on Twitter whines people have become just as whiny as the people they criticize) and actually read.
Handicapped people barely get a chance in Hollywood. Especially in a leading role like Cranston did in The Upside. All they're saying is: We barely get any roles, so it'd be nice if one of the few good roles for a handicapped person actually went to us" I really really don't get why anyone would have a problem with that thinking.
And all the defenses are just tired
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Do we have to get real astronauts or drug addicts to play them in movies/shows? It's not the same thing and if you don't get why it isn't...I don't know what to tell you.
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It's about getting the best person for the role. I just don't buy this because it seems that for years people have used this excuse just to cast white guys in a majority of roles. And in this case of The Upside, from what I can tell it's not like they were auditioning a gang of abled bodied and disabled actors and Cranston got the role. This is not like Michael Clarke Duncan and Daredevil when they were auditioning bunches of actors and he happened to be the best.
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Hollywood is a business and it's about marketability. Marketability really helped stuff like Ghost in the Shell, Aloha, The Great Wall, and Dragonball Evolution turn a profit. That's the excuse everyone gave for why those movies were cast the way they were.
Again, I don't really care about able bodied actors playing handicapped roles necessarily. But I can see why a handicapped actor would be upset by this. What I don't see is how anyone be mad at or say that a handicapped person is whining if they bring this up. Whether you agree with them or not, this clearly isn't just whining and actually is a fair point