Date 07/07/2018 - News People
According to SFGate, " Scarlett Johansson?s choice to play a transgender man in an upcoming role has been met with scorn from many in the trans community. But columnists have been weighing in too, largely with disapproval. In an opinion piece for The New York Times, trans author Jennifer Finney Boylan said Johansson?s casting reminded her of Mickey Rooney?s portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi in ?Breakfast at Tiffany?s,? which received backlash for using ?yellowface? and caricaturing. Rooney, of course, was a white man playing an asian." The trans-community wants to be represented properly.
