Billy Porter as James Baldwin

[Formerly Black Trash]

Terrible casting

He's going to play it too camp

 

[Koba St]

It never ends does it

 

[RickyDiBiase]

Like the dad from Family Matters once you know a breh is gay you can’t unsee it

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Like the dad from Family Matters once you know a breh is gay you can’t unsee it

James Baldwin was too

 

[Thebadguy]

Calling it now. He's gonna win the Oscar and be on stage wearing a dress.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

James Baldwin was too

I didn’t know he was gay until very recently, I never read any of his stuff.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

He'll have to tone it down. I can see it tho

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

I didn’t know he was gay until very recently, I never read any of his stuff.

First book I read by him was if Beale street could talk. I was in the 10th grade.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Well...they are both gay. But I don't see the resemblance.

Better than him playing Tinkerbell or a fairy (pause ) princess.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

James Baldwin was a homosexual, but he still carried himself like a man. He was an honorable brother.
Casting somebody as flamboyant as Billy Porter to play James Baldwin is highly disrespectful to Mr. Baldwin's legacy.

 

[Carl Tethers]

Baldwin was a genius. Porter is just fukking camp

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

Let's see where he takes it. I want to know who wrote the script and who is directing. Dude presumably auditioned and did a good enough job for casting to put him on.

A lot of people react without knowing what happens behind the scenes. It's like how people were mad that a 'pretty boy' like Heath ledger was going to play the Joker until they saw the movie for themselves or people who wanted their favorite WWE wrestler who looked like a comic book character to be cast as Thor or captain America.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Calling it now. He's gonna win the Oscar and be on stage wearing a dress.

bytch gon be on stage crying his eyes out with a white Marlyn Monroe dress on and a gust of wind will lift that shyt up

 

[NZA]

i can see why the look would work but i cant take porter seriously, LOL

i will try to reserve judgement, though.

 

[humminbird]

I can just ignore this so I'm indifferent