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A happy ending? Scarlett Johansson exits 'Rub & Tug' film after trans man controversy

Scarlett Johansson has dropped out the film project “Rub & Tug” about Dante “Tex” Gill, a trans man who rain numerous massage parlors in Pittsburgh during the 1970s:

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Johansson said, “I’ve learned a lot from the community since making my first statement about my casting and realize it was insensitive”:

And GLAAD released its own statement, calling this a “game changer”:

So, a happy ending after all? (Sorry)

Well, not so fast. Will the movie even get made now? “Probably” not says film critic Kyle Smith:

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And if it does get made and a more accurately gendered actor or actress is hired, it could be problematic as well because although Gill is referred to as a “trans man,” she never went through with “hormones or surgery”:

https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1017842971977240576

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