‘Juwanna Mann’ Star Miguel A Núñez Jr. Blasts Double Normal About Black Males in Drag

Miguel A Núñez Jr. says if ‘juwanna’ costume in drag for a task as an actor, that is high-quality by him … however, he says Black actors who do it are held to a wholly totally different commonplace than their white counterparts.

We caught up with the star, who performed the title character within the hit 2002 movie “Juwanna Mann” — a person pretending to be a girl to maintain enjoying professional basketball — and requested him about Martin Lawrence saying he isn’t above carrying a costume for a task.

Lawrence mentioned he is comfy together with his manhood, so carrying a costume would not bug him … and, Núñez agrees — mentioning tons of white actors put on attire for his or her roles they usually solely ever appear to obtain reward.

Miguel factors to Robin Williams for his position in “Mrs. Doubtfire” and Dustin Hoffman‘s efficiency in “Tootsie” … claiming white individuals don’t have any robust opinions about them doing drag.

However, when he, Martin Lawrence and Jamie Foxx do it, Núñez says Black people lose their minds … calling all of it emasculating, whereas Miguel thinks it is simply comedy — it is meant to be humorous.

In actual fact, Miguel says anybody who sees extra to it than a humorous joke must take an extended, exhausting look within the mirror — ‘trigger it is extra about them than it’s concerning the performer.

Miguel and Martin aren’t the primary stars to deal with this … simply final yr, Rickey Smiley — who performed Bernice Jenkins within the 2008 comedy “First Sunday” — fended off assaults from Katt Williams, claiming stars like Richard Pryor acted in drag too.