• @Etterra
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    3 months ago

    What do they think this is, Theater in the 1600s?

    Context: for a long time theater was not considered something that women were allowed to do. It was considered a disreputable job. It also tended to attract what we would now consider to be LGBTQ individuals. That part hasn’t changed actually all that much as I understand it. But they had up having men play female characters. Which seems weird to me, but then again I’m a product of this century. Well and the last one. Also as a kid I remember seeing a woman playing Peter Pan in theater which is actually fairly common because they have the correct look & sound for playing a “boy who never grew up.”

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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      03 months ago

      I’d like to offer for examination as a beloved modern example: Mrs. Doubtfire.