Truemors
Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Wow, who saw that one coming?
Stereotypes we laugh at now, were Hollywood News Breaking in the day 3 decades ago. Today Hollywood prefers to closet their Gay Actors, preferring Leading Men Straight Actors to play it Gay, yet Gay actors are not allowed to play Leading Men in action Movies for some strange reason.
Of course then there are the stereotypes Hollywood would like us to believe as well, that "Movie Guns" fire an unlimited amount of bullets without reloading, Hookers with a Heart of Gold, and Endless Car Chases never run out of gas or can never sustain damage even after leaping off 12 story parking garages.
Hollywood telling Gays to stay in the closet if they ever want to work in this town again, as Families who watch their Movies want Macho Hetro men in their Movies.
Though for some reason it is okay to portray Gay men in Hollywood using Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink Leading Hetro Men such as Ryan Phillipe, the Late Christopher Reeve, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine playing Gay Parts, such as Brokeback Mountain, Death Trap, Soap Opera "One Life to Live" the list goes on.
Certainly one would think Parents would be offended regardless if Hetros played Gay Characters instead of Gay Actors playing Gay parts. So what's the Point, Hollywood all of a sudden found Religion or Morals?
Below is one of the earliest Groundbreaking 1960's or early 70's era Hollywood movies where apparently censors did not object to use Gay characters, though I think they had a problem with the word "Bitch".Only in LaLa Land is the Ludicrous so Hypocritical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VllKzb_qieA
Gay actors still pressured to stay closeted in Hollywood
TORONTO - Ian McKellen made headlines two years ago when the openly gay British actor spouted off on what seemed an unspoken truth: it's impossible for homosexual Hollywood actors to have successful careers.
"It's very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality," McKellen said.
From celebrities of yesteryear like Rock Hudson and Montgomery Clift to current-day A-listers, gay actors have long concealed their sexuality, due in large part to studios who fear millions of movie-goers will stay away from films featuring homosexual stars playing straight characters.
But some say the tide might slowly be turning as young actors begin coming out amid an atmosphere of unfiltered news and photos on Internet blogs and websites.
"You have bloggers like Perez Hilton basically outing people constantly," John Webster, who writes a pop culture blog for Xtra.ca, said Tuesday.
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