Sexy or Creepy?
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Which is interesting, because Sussex even has the word "sex" in it. The Brits just don't get inspired.
Which is interesting, because Sussex even has the word "sex" in it. The Brits just don't get inspired.
"oh gosh it has the word sex in it our County. However did we not see this before?"
This guy sounds like a real life (and French) Barney Stinson. The line about never seeing her again strikes me as incredibly Stinsonian.
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Would that make this thread legen--WAIT FOR IT--dary?
With all the talk that this behavior was unwanted, I'm wondering something.
As far as kissing goes, is it even possible for a regular kiss to turn into a French kiss if it's unwanted? It occurred to me that when I kiss someone, I start with either my teeth together or only slightly parted. If someone tries to stick their tongue in my mouth and I don't want it there, all that's going to happen is them licking my teeth. This has never been a problem for me, as with most people I kiss I'm cool if it heads in that direction, but this occurred to me anyway. Do other people kiss differently so that this built-in security measure isn't there?
As far as kissing goes, is it even possible for a regular kiss to turn into a French kiss if it's unwanted? It occurred to me that when I kiss someone, I start with either my teeth together or only slightly parted. If someone tries to stick their tongue in my mouth and I don't want it there, all that's going to happen is them licking my teeth. This has never been a problem for me, as with most people I kiss I'm cool if it heads in that direction, but this occurred to me anyway. Do other people kiss differently so that this built-in security measure isn't there?
Of course! Haven't you seen any of those romantic films when the woman feigned to dislike the guy who kissed her but ended up being locked in a passionate kiss with the said guy? I'm not saying TSQ feigned anything, but it happens.
I fully expect the next "How I Met Your Mother" to feature Barney bragging about "This adorable little Trekkie with a Treble clef tattoo. I really invaded Her Neutral Zone. WHAT UP!?"
Interesting how a gay actor like that could play a straight dude on TV.
Not really that interesting.
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It's really not that difficult to do. All one has to do is replace one gender with the other, and keep the surrounding context.
Hmm, in other words, NPH has to pretend that the woman/women he's attracted to are guys just like him? I wonder if he (the actor) has to put in extra effort to be more convincing in his role. I mean, here's a gay guy who has a male partner and a biological child of his own and appears on TV every week playing some macho playah. I mean, if I were straight and an actor, it would be a challenge for me, considering I have a different personality - I'm more subdued, laid back, etc.
Michael Dorn had the same problem playing Worf.
I mean, here's this puny smooth-headed human guy who gets along with everyone, having to play this big, macho, angry, standoffish turtle-headed Klingon.
Quite the challenge indeed. Must be some form of pantomime or something.
I kid.
I mean, here's this puny smooth-headed human guy who gets along with everyone, having to play this big, macho, angry, standoffish turtle-headed Klingon.
Quite the challenge indeed. Must be some form of pantomime or something.
I kid.
A gay actor having to play straight should be no more difficult a concept than a straight actor having to play gay.
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Nah. It wouldn't be difficult. I could do it, and I have few, if any, acting skills.
I'm not saying it's "impossible." I just think it takes a lot more talent and effort to pull it off. I mean, look at Philip Seymour Hofmann who played Truman Capote in a movie. Hofmann is straight, as far as I know, but he played a prissy effeminate gay man on screen, and he did an excellent job for which he won an Oscar.
^How is it different from an actor playing a murderer, or a doctor, or a terrorist, or anyone else who is different to them? Not all gay men have a big "I'm Gay" sign on them, nor do all straight men indulge in only machismo pursuits. I've known effeminate straight men and macho gays. If a character is 3 dimensional and well-acted then that character's sexuality is either incidental or only an aspect of that character, I don't see how playing against sexual orientation should be especially difficult or surprising for an actor.
Yeah, since when is it a surprise that actors can act? 
Maybe standards have fallen.
Plus, given the number of gay people acting in Hollywood, yet almost always portraying heteros, "playing it straight" must not be all that hard.
Maybe standards have fallen.Plus, given the number of gay people acting in Hollywood, yet almost always portraying heteros, "playing it straight" must not be all that hard.
I guess it depends on the personality of the actor, too. I look at Zachary Quinto, who has played Spock and Sylar on the big and small screen, respectively, but those aren't exactly macho or "alpha male" roles, like Barney on HIMYM. But on American Horror Story, Quinto plays a flamin' gay ghost Chad, who's probably closer to his personality. The same can probably be said about Sir Ian McKellen who has played Magneto and Gandalf. I should've been more specific. If it's a plain, down-to-earth straight guy role, any actor can do that, but for the playboy or macho type, I can't help wondering if the gay actor has to put in more effort into their acting.
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