The money I would pay to see how men general audiences would react to Micheal Grey and Thomas, John and Arthur Shelby as characters if they were women… Suddenly Tommy would be “arrogant” and “a flat character without enough emotional range” and “too intelligent to be realistic”. He would have “too many successes and not enough flaws”. John would become “stupid and naive” and his decisions would be seen as “cocky and over-confident”. They would say Arthur was “too emotional and overdramatic” and “way too strong for his size”. Micheal would be seen as “annoying” and “ungrateful” (which he kind of already is) but the criticism would be far more exaggerated if he were a woman.



















