Talk:play the victim

RFD discussion: July 2020–May 2021
SOP: see sense 4. You can (which I guess is protected by WT:THUB), play the innocent, play the big man, etc. PUC – 18:15, 2 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Sense 4 of play is 'To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.'. Based on that, I'd just like to notify that there is a difference between playing a victim in a theatrical performance (which becomes playing the victim when the victim is definite) and playing the victim as acting like a victim in order to gain real-world sympathy (and not sympathy as a fictional character). Less idiomatic (and thus more SOP) ways of saying play the victim would be act like a victim, act as a victim or something like that. (I wrote this comment up until the previous sentence before seeing the "you can play the fool" addition). Speaking of which, why does play the fool have an entry, why wouldn't play the victim be worthy of a translation hub as well? Mölli-Möllerö (talk) 18:24, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * In Dutch you could een slachtofferrol (uit)spelen, in een slachtofferrol plaatsen, in een slachtofferrol vervallen, een slachtofferrol aannemen, als een slachtoffer opstellen, gedragen als slachtoffer... Alexis Jazz (talk) 22:15, 4 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. Bedankt voor de voorbeelden ;-) -- Dentonius (my politics | talk) 16:41, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 06:13, 12 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  11:01, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ambivalent I'm going to play devil's advocate here. Not playing around. Facts707 (talk) 02:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. You can also play the martyr, play the stooge, play the culprit, play the perp. DAVilla 01:26, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Imetsia (talk) 01:49, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. Imetsia (talk) 01:49, 8 May 2021 (UTC)