Despite the whitewashing controversy around Ghost in the Shell, Johansson is reteaming with her Ghost director Rupert Sanders for another problematic portrayal.
Johansson will lead Sander’s Rub & Tug, a drama about Dante “Tex” Gill, a real-life figure who was a massage parlor owner in 1970’s Pittsburgh.
Apparently Scarlett Johansson didn’t get the memo about how problematic it is for actors to play characters of different racial and gender identities.
This, among many reasons, is why we need trans and gender nonconforming people consulting on projects, and especially, writing these scripts themselves.