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Convinced He's Gay


I watched all of Oz and there is no way a straight actor would volunteer to act like he did, especially in season one.

Then I saw him in Arrested Development and he was being a homo again to Buster Bluth. Does the guy go for all the gay guy roles or what?

PS, is it just me or does he look like he lost 50 pounds from season one in Oz compared to the last season.

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Buy a clue, Sparky. It's called acting. It's what he does for a living. He is married with three children...and no, I very much doubt he just went to those lengths to hide his homosexuality.

I do not have attention deficit disor...Ooh, look at the bunny!

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I watched all of Oz and there is no way a straight actor would volunteer to act like he did, especially in season one.

Then I saw him in Arrested Development and he was being a homo again to Buster Bluth. Does the guy go for all the gay guy roles or what?

Mountain Girl would strongly disagree with you.

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Bottom Line: If he is then he is, so what. . What a waste of your life writing something like you did.

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So would bottoms get paid more, or less?

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Then obviously he did his job, he convinced you his character was real. This may surprise yoy , but actors often take rules so far from their real selves to prove to themselves and the world that they truly are an ACTOR not just someone good at portraying themselves in different shows and/or movies. Nothing is worse for an actor than to be stereotyped. Many straight actors and actresses take on roles of alternate lifestyles (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) to prove themselves, earn their acting chops, so to speak. That is why an actor would chose to play a role like that and "act the way he did", and the fact that it convinced you he is really gay probably tickles him to no end.

As an aside, so if a gay actor acts a straight role and you didn't know he or she was gay, and you didn't suspect they were gay because they played straight so well, would you argue that they MUST be straight because no one acts that straight, that way unless they are straight, or does this line of reasoning only apply when someone is playing a homosexual role?

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Yes and every actor who plays a murder is ACTUALLY A MURDER.

Your parents should not have reproduced.

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To TimmyAnn: Off topic here, but seeing your tag line reminded me of Ellen DeGenneris' fantastic performance as Dory, the fish with ADHD, in Finding Nemo. "I think we were going to ... Ooh! Shiny!"

Only in Show Biz by injection

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I also have a T-shirt that says, "Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean..."

I do not have attention deficit disor...Ooh, look at the bunny! 

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