Let’s get one thing straight – if an actor is good enough, their sexuality shouldn't matter
Russell T Davies wants only gay actors to play gay roles. But that would be bad news for all actors
12 January 2021 • 3:44pm
James Corden's turn in The Prom, says Tim Robey, is more 'crude stereotype' than deft acting
Credit: Netflix
I’d never used the term “gayface” until recently, when it served as shorthand for James Corden’s cringeworthy comic performance in Netflix's The Prom. That film is painful in general, but Corden is the absolute chief of what’s bad about it. Playing a washed-up gay Broadway star called Barry Glickman, he attracted the lion’s share of scorn from reviewers. Collectively throwing our heads into our hands, we couldn’t quite believe he’d gone there.