NBC correspondent Joe Fryer sat down for an interview with actor Eddie Izzard for the Saturday edition of Today to hype a solo performance of Hamlet. While that may be interesting by itself, Fryer claimed that Izzard’s transgender and “gender fluid” identities help Izzard portray the vast assortment of characters in the play.
Before launching into the pre-recorded segment, Fryer hyped, “Yeah, so here’s the deal: Izzard has no co-stars, this is a one-person production of the famous Shakespearean play. Izzard, who uses she/her pronouns and came out as transgender in 1985, told me being gender fluid helps her portray so many roles, male and female. It’s a challenge she’s relishing.”
Males have been playing female characters and females have been playing male characters since the beginning of plays. It’s called “acting.” It is…
