#not allowing alan alda to play larger-than-life characters 🤝 not allowing alan alda to play queers | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

variousqueerthings · 2 years

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Alan Alda has played queer characters? 👁️👄👁️ (In reference your comment after defining 'straight man' in the comedic sense)

aw no, unfortunately I was making the definition so that it was clear I wasn't talking about queerness, but rather about character-types

unfortunately he's neither allowed enough opportunity to play larger-than-life nor enough opportunity to play queer

with the notable exception of the carol burnett christmas special, which includes one sketch in which he plays freelance artist larry, who is deliberately and obviously queercoded (he also sings in two of the other sketches, tbh it's just quite delightful overall)

(and then of course there's hawkeye pierce)

#there someone who's seen more of his stuff who can verify?#alan alda #❤ anon #a man who should have been an obvious choice as a fey being but alas #we'll always have the boydrag he does in paper lions #and we'll always have hawkeye #and freelance artist larry #not allowing alan alda to play larger-than-life characters 🤝 not allowing alan alda to play queers #im connecting the dots! it's the same thing!#i feel like i should recommend movies based on his character-weirdo-ratio #(I'm still missing some ofc)#im watching alan alda movies

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