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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

TX school bans trans boy from playing "Oklahoma!" male lead, recasts with cisgender male student

www.salon.com

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TX school bans trans boy from playing "Oklahoma!" male lead, recasts with cisgender male student

www.salon.com

jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Max Hightower, 17, had won the coveted role of Curly, but his school enacted a new anti-trans policy for this play
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    I haven’t seen Oklahoma! but is there a part where the lead whips out their dong and waves it in front of the audience?

    If not, who cares what’s in their pants?

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      Also, prosthetic dongs are a thing, if you prefer to keep the original vision of Oklahoma! intact.

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        Wow, I guess the movie really deviated from the source material.

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          TIL that there’s a version of the Oklahoma! movie without exposed genitalia.

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      Also, did they verify the new lead is cis? I know a lot of people who have been in theater, there is a surprisingly large percent who aren’t cis.

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        Name literally one actor or theatre person who is gay!?

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          Pshh. Can’t be done.

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        Right? If you’re gonna try to get all the queer kids out of theater you’re gonna have a really hard time.

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        Has the school administration examined their penis yet?

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      You dont remember the classic line

      “Ooooooooklamohma where my jizz coms seeping down my pants!”

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      I just wanted you to know, I actually giggled at this. Thank you for the laugh after a shitty weekend.

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      Texas, apparently…

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      They could have wrote that in. My junior high plays when I was in theatre were always just slightly different from the originals. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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