Straight Actors Playing Queer Characters: This is Exhausting
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.

A lot of the guys that I meet are just looking for an opportunity, but when presented with one, only a handful take it. Well, this fat old creep sure enjoys it when opportunity knocks and the boys open the door! More specifically, they open their holes. You see, these guys want to get away from the grind. They don’t want a normal 9 to 5 job. They want to travel and have fun, and they want to make money at the same time. Clay allows this to happen for them – all they have to do is become sexually available for a pervert twice their age.
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
Korean culture shines in this Canadian export.
Anna May Wong was a talented actress and a fashion icon and still had to fight for everything she had due to hatred and racism.
Shortly after season two of Fleabag dropped on Amazon Prime in 2019, Barack Obama put it on his list as one of his favorite television series of the year.
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.