Queer
Role
Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.
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- In this way the trope may be downplayed or sometimes invoked because of the casting directors wanting an actually queer actor in the role and settling for whatever they can find.
Source: Queer Character Queer Actor - When the actor cast to play a queer role identifies in the same way as their character; i.e.
Source: Queer Character Queer Actor -
In Queer as Folk, Stuart buys Vince a replica of the Doctor Who Robot Buddy K-9 in an attempt to buy his affection, and it plays a prominent MacGuffin role in the last couple of episodes.
Source: Prop Recycling
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