Gay characters in euphoria
&#;Euphoria&#;: Eric Dane Says He&#;s Received Support From Gay Community For Role of Cal Jacobs
Straight actors playing LGBTQ characters has become a controversial topic but Euphoria star Eric Dane says he&#;s received a lot of help from the gay community for his role as Cal Jacobs.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, he said,
&#;I’m acutely aware that I’m a straight actor playing a gay character.&#;
He continued,
&#;The gay community has been super supportive. I think I’ve lent them a voice in portraying this character, and I hope that everything I do is sincere because I wouldn’t want to misrepresent something that’s so important.&#;
Although Eric never had to hide his sexuality, he said he could still relate to Cal in many ways. He explained,
&#;I’ve had struggles in my past that invited me to lead that life of secrecy. I accepted the invitation wholeheartedly. … While the circumstances specifically might not be the same, the feelings certainly are.&#;
Eric is most likely referring to his history of drug and alcohol abuse (he entered rehab in ). He told Gl In recent years, LGBTQ+ representation has increased tremendously in the film and television industry. The 21st century has witnessed phenomenal movies representing the LGBTQ+ community, resulting in an evolution from films featuring first none to one stereotypical or sociopathic queer character to now a handful of characters with diverse sexual expressions. With the increased representation of the LGBTQ+ community, prejudice has decreased precipitously as queer folks are no longer represented as repressed individuals who are bullied and looked down upon for being themselves. However, according to a recent study from Elon University titled “Representing Sexuality: An Analysis of Coming Out in Contemporary Film,” just percent of major studio films released in included a LGBTQ+ character. Furthermore, only 64 percent of those characters were “tied into the plot in such a way that their removal would have a significant effect” and were not “solely or predominantly defined by their sexual orientation or gender identity.” Clearly, there is still room to grow, but we include come a long From its first episode, the HBO original series “Euphoria” has drawn both excitement and controversy, debates sparking over its choices regarding explicit content and its portrayal of drug use. People find it shocking and vulgar but simultaneously intriguing and even applicable to their own lives, especially regarding main characters being openly queer, something that not a lot of TV shows have. In season one, we get a relationship between two female main characters, Rue and Jules. While fundamentally flawed due to each having their own unresolved issues, they somehow still share a tender and romantic relationship without being sexualized in the way a lot of female/female relationships in media tend to be. Sam Levinson, the only writer for the show, seemed to locate a way to balance gritty drama with aesthetics. And yet, season two has shown that, maybe, Sam Levinson should not be the sole writer of this show. Amid gut-wrenching scenes of overdoses and withdrawals is a take on sexual orientation and power dynamics that becomes more questionable as For the first time in a long period, we are seeing stereotypical tropes of men come up against more complex portrayals of their whole selves. This is incredibly important to see in mainstream media, since toxic masculinity continues to harm men themselves. Men tend to believe they should they should think and act a certain way, but seeing an alternative depiction on one of TV's biggest shows can go a long way toward shifting that. The boys and men in Season 2 of Euphoria are challenging toxic masculinity and the predisposed notions and tropes set out for them. For years in mainstream media, we’ve consumed male characters who were neatly written into boxes: The jock, the loser, the brainy nerd—think TheBreakfast Club. We’ve gotten used to these easy stereotypes because they create less work for the brain. When boys and men, or anyone for that matter, can be neatly organized into categories, we’re likely getting just a surface level idea of who they are. We aren’t, in these cases, getting the whole picture: wh
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