SSNP #266 | Cate Blanchett Fights to the Death to Be Gay for Pay | #SaySomethingNew

Academy Award-winning actress and resident Marvel Cinematic Universe hurler of evil daggers Cate Blanchett played a lesbian woman in "Carol" in 2015. And, despite controversy over straight actors playing gay and trans characters, she's willing to fight "to the death" to play more queer characters. Is she within her rights as an actress, or should those roles only go to queer actors?

The SSN Crew discusses Blanchett's comments, and also discusses their favorite bad movies, T.I. offending Melania Trump with a racy promotional video, "Luke Cage" being canceled unexpectedly by Netflix, and Jason Blum being seemingly unable to locate any female horror directors.

SHOW NOTES:
• 0:00:00: Catching Up/Reviews
  ◦ "Black Lightning" (The CW)
  ◦ "The Flash" (The CW)
  ◦ "Venom" (2018)
  ◦ "Murphy Brown" (CBS)
  ◦ "Happy Together" (CBS)
  ◦ "The Cool Kids (FOX)
  ◦ "Manifest (NBC)
  ◦ "Avengers: Black Panther's Quest" (Disney XD)
  ◦ "God Friended Me" (CBS)
  ◦ "The Magicians" (Syfy)
  ◦ "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" (FX)
  ◦ "West Side Story" (1961)
  ◦ "Titans" (DC Universe)
• 0:36:23: And Now the Entertainment News!
  ◦ "Luke Cage" canceled by Netflix after 2 seasons
  ◦ "Orange Is the New Black" will end with season 7 in 2019
  ◦ "Supergirl" will introduce Lex Luthor in season 4
  ◦ "Superman" series may be in development for the CW
  ◦ "Netflix" bringing Super Drags to service
  ◦ WB shuts down Korean TV service DramaService, Turner shuts down Super Deluxe
  ◦ #MeToo-Themed College Comedy Series From Whitney Cummings & Lee Daniels In Works At Amazon
  ◦ T.I. Sparks Outrage With Video Showing Melania Trump Look-Alike Stripping in Oval Office
• 1:16:27: Main Discussion
  ◦ Cate Blanchett will defend right for straight actors to play gay characters "to the death"
  ◦ Bad Movies You Love!
• 2:13:36: Say Something Nice Challenge
• 2:20:21: Post-Show

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