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.