Post by Ayla on Feb 22, 2016 13:54:09 GMT 8
When the trailer for the comedy film ‘Zoolander 2’ was released it was met with criticism as some felt that the depiction of the androgynous character played by Benedict Cumberbatch was problematic.
The scene features Cumberbatch playing an androgynous model called All, who is introduced to the film’s protagonists Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Stiller asks, ‘Are you a male or female model?’ To which Cumberbatch replies, ‘All is all.’ Owen Wilson quickly jumps in to ask, ‘I think he’s asking if you have a hotdog or a bun?’
Some members of the LGBT+ community were quick to condemn the joke, claiming it to be awful and unfunny, stating that it pokes fun at the increasing amount of androgynous, transgender and non-binary models.
Following these accusations, and the launch of a petition to boycott the film, which is close to reaching it’s 25,000 target, the films writer, Justin Theroux has spoken out.
Theroux has insisted that he intended no offense towards the transgender community by including Cumberbatch’s androgynous character. ‘Our target is not, and never was to disenfranchise anyone,’ he said in an interview with The Wrap.
planettransgender.com/zoolander-2-writer-hurt-by-transphobia-accusations/
The scene features Cumberbatch playing an androgynous model called All, who is introduced to the film’s protagonists Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Stiller asks, ‘Are you a male or female model?’ To which Cumberbatch replies, ‘All is all.’ Owen Wilson quickly jumps in to ask, ‘I think he’s asking if you have a hotdog or a bun?’
Some members of the LGBT+ community were quick to condemn the joke, claiming it to be awful and unfunny, stating that it pokes fun at the increasing amount of androgynous, transgender and non-binary models.
Following these accusations, and the launch of a petition to boycott the film, which is close to reaching it’s 25,000 target, the films writer, Justin Theroux has spoken out.
Theroux has insisted that he intended no offense towards the transgender community by including Cumberbatch’s androgynous character. ‘Our target is not, and never was to disenfranchise anyone,’ he said in an interview with The Wrap.
planettransgender.com/zoolander-2-writer-hurt-by-transphobia-accusations/