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Scarlett Johansson faces criticism on social networks, after it was announced on Monday that I will play a transgender role in the film Rub & Thug directed by the filmmaker Rupert Sanders with whom he worked on the cassette Ghost in the Shell 2017.
Based on actual facts, Rub & Tug will tell the story of Jean Marie Gill a woman who posed as a man and who ran a network of massage parlors in Pittsburgh, USA, which led her to face both the authorities and the city mafia
Actors, actresses and trans activists criticize the selection of Johansson, considering that supports the problem the marginalization of his community, giving transgender roles to cisgender actors and stealing "our narration".
On Tuesday, a representative of Scarlet Johansson responded to the criticism in a statement to Bustle . "Tell (criticisms) that you can direct (your comments) to Jeffrey Tambor Jared Leto and representatives of Felicity Huffman ."
The actress's representative alluded to the trans characters that Tambor, Leto and Huffman played at Transparent Dallas Buyers Club and Transamerica, and for those who deserved it. Emmy, Oscar or an appointment to said awards.
"Oh, really? can you continue to interpret us, but we can not interpret you?" "trans actress Trace Lysette wrote on Twitter
" Hollywood is screwed, I would not be so angry if I presented myself in the same rooms as Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett for cis roles, but we know this is not the case. ", a point.
He added that the cisgender actors" play with us and steal our narration and our opportunity ", but also" clap their backs with trophies and rewards to mimic what we we lived … "
And not only do you play and steal our narration and our opportunity but you pats on your back with trophies and rewards to mimic what we lived … if I've finished so much …
– Trace Lysette (@tracelysette) 4 July 2018
Jamie Clayton another actress trans-famous for her participation in sense8 – referred to the question and talked about the struggle of trans actors to get the same opportunities as cisgender actors.
"Trans actors never hear for anything other than trans characters, "writes Clayton." That's the real problem we can not not even enter the room. "
The House of Flowers
A similar situation occurred when it was announced that the Spanish actor Paco de Leon would play a trans character in the series The House of the Flowers ] who Manolo Caro directs for the platform Netflix .
Sevillian faced criticism in social networks, where some felt that the way De León promoted his character helped to caricature the trans community.
The actor tried to defend himself against criticism, although he failed to convince members of the LGBT community.
The character has scenes of man and woman. It is true that a trans woman could have interpreted it, but it would have been "disguised" as a man
– paco leon (@pacoleonbarrios) May 7, 2018
On this subject, BuzzFeed España through his section on feminism Lola published the following video:
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