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Anyone watching Strictly?

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pickledandpuzzled · 07/10/2023 19:16

I’m a bit conflicted about Layton.

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LunaNorth · 07/10/2023 19:58

I’m uncomfortable with the crap nylon wig.

Numbertwenty · 07/10/2023 19:57

There are also female dancers playing male parts.

MrsS0fa · 07/10/2023 19:55

SoftKittyBazinga · 07/10/2023 19:46

I like Layton more every week. He’s a chap who is flamboyant and is comfortable wearing lots of different things. If I’m offended by anything it’s how much more dance experience he has, but even that is becoming less important the more I watch him.

Yes, this 100%. We need more men who feel comfortable not conforming to male stereotypes and not claiming it makes them women. My issue with Layton on SCD is his background as a professional dancer and performer! Still, I'd rather watch him than Les Dennis.

SoftKittyBazinga · 07/10/2023 19:46

I like Layton more every week. He’s a chap who is flamboyant and is comfortable wearing lots of different things. If I’m offended by anything it’s how much more dance experience he has, but even that is becoming less important the more I watch him.

Summerslimtime · 07/10/2023 19:44

I've no problem with a man in a dress, as long as he's not claiming it makes him a woman.

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 07/10/2023 19:34

thevegetablesoup · 07/10/2023 19:29

I don't think Layton is claiming to be an actual woman tho, nor is he crudely mocking women like in the newer misogynistic forms of drag. He can wear what he likes.

This.

If there's anything problematic about that number, it's retaining the 'refuse to see it through' line. Not the dance, or costumes, or who's doing it.

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pickledandpuzzled · 07/10/2023 19:33

I’ve enjoyed him dancing women’s steps and roles. More so than John and Johannes last year dancing as two men together.

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Holidaylover68 · 07/10/2023 19:32

It’s movie week. John Travolta played a woman in Hairspray. It’s a show and it was hardly drag! Nothing to be conflicted about.

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pickledandpuzzled · 07/10/2023 19:32

Yes it was stunning.
I was prepared to be irritated, but as an actor and an interpretation it was gorgeous.

I like him.

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AuntieMarys · 07/10/2023 19:29

Loved it

thevegetablesoup · 07/10/2023 19:29

I don't think Layton is claiming to be an actual woman tho, nor is he crudely mocking women like in the newer misogynistic forms of drag. He can wear what he likes.

saraclara · 07/10/2023 19:27

I thought it was a stunning performance by them both. Beautiful.

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 07/10/2023 19:25

I'm watching. It was a beautiful dance.

Why conflicted? He's playing a part. Actors do.

AutumnCrow · 07/10/2023 19:19

No, not tonight.

Readingundertheoaktree · 07/10/2023 19:18

The BBC pushing drag. Who'd have thought it eh?

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