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'Duck Dynasty' backlash spotlights an uneasy reality in TV industry
LA Times ^
| December 20, 2013, 5:00 a.m.
| Scott Collins
Posted on 12/20/2013 11:05:43 AM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:05:43 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Oh, I thought the uneasy reality is that the executives are anus fans.
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:06:54 AM PST
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: BenLurkin
WHY does ANYONE care about "Duck Dynasty"??
To: BenLurkin
Didn’t Dirty Jobs” get dumped because the star was to conservative?
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:11:52 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:20:10 AM PST
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: DesertRhino
That would explain the Kardashians.
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:21:35 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: cloudmountain
Because we enjoy the show and like the family and watch it with our family.
(and we’re tired of the two faced, intolerant “tolerance” crowd always being in our faces).
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:22:06 AM PST
by
Valpal1
(If the police can t solve a problem with brute force, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
To: cloudmountain
WHY does ANYONE care about "Duck Dynasty"?? I didn't UNTIL A&E brought this thing into the headlines. NOW I'm interested. Interested enough to contact A&E and let them know my displeasure over suspending Phil. I watched a few minutes of the program a long time ago and just didn't "get it".
To: cloudmountain
Well, because it is a great family show promoting Christian ideals (for the most part). It is funny and wholesome. WHY would ANYONE not care about the treatment of Phil Robertson? Phil was simply paraphrasing 1 Corinthians 6:9.
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:24:36 AM PST
by
bluecollarman
(Wanted....witty tagline.)
To: cloudmountain
WHY does ANYONE care about "Duck Dynasty"?? What's your personal favorite TV show, CM?
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:24:58 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Valpal1
Because we enjoy the show and like the family and watch it with our family.
(and we’re tired of the two faced, intolerant “tolerance” crowd always being in our faces).Two good reasons. My apologies.
Continue to enjoy.
To: BipolarBob
I didn't UNTIL A&E brought this thing into the headlines. NOW I'm interested. Interested enough to contact A&E and let them know my displeasure over suspending Phil. I watched a few minutes of the program a long time ago and just didn't "get it".Given your call sign, I'm not surprised. :o)
To: BenLurkin
I'm highly amused that these bubble-living, tv execs are stunned that people outside their bubble don't share the same degenerate views they harbor. Phil Robertson's views on homosexuality are probably the same as 70-75% of all adult males. Naturally, many male libs hide their true feelings about homosexuality for fear of being ostracized by their peers.
It has nothing to do with hating homosexuals or not tolerating their behavior. It's just a fact that, like Robertson said, the human anus was designed for one particular function not involving sexual organs.
To: Alex Murphy
My favorite shows, since I can't give you just one:
Tennis
Cooking shows (Rachael Ray and the Barefoot Blimp)
O'Reilly
Sci fi
Law & Order, all of them
Court shows: Judge Alex, People's court, Judge Mathis, etc. All the judges are good.
Magnum
Dragnet
To: cloudmountain
"WHY does ANYONE care about "Duck Dynasty"?? " NY Daily News headlines it as SCHMUCK DYNASTY. Maybe that will attract viewers in NYC.
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:33:27 AM PST
by
ex-snook
(God is Love)
To: cloudmountain
Because it is the only show on TV that you can watch with your children that doesn’t have gratuitous sex scenes, filthy language and liberal brainwashing agendas.
To: cloudmountain
WHY does ANYONE care about "Duck Dynasty"?? Seriously?
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:36:27 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: cloudmountain
It is good wholesome fun. I can turn it on and not have to see gratuitous lesbian sex, toilet humor, or banal dialogue from over priced liberal mouthpieces.
The family is genuine and every episode they give thanks to God for their blessings.
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:38:17 AM PST
by
verga
(The devil is in the details)
To: cloudmountain
A seemingly good and decent person is being unfairly targeted and abused by powerful elites. It upsets people.
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:38:41 AM PST
by
Nickname
To: driftless2
I kinda sorta suspect that the female execs at A&E couldn’t face the prospect of the Christmas party season having to deal with all their Hollywood pals giving them grief over Phil, so they decided to discipline him a little bit...
...and then the fight started.
Now they have an even bigger problem, the potential loss of their most popular show.
This is what happens when someone makes an socio-emotional decision based on peer acceptance when they should have been making a business decision.
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posted on
12/20/2013 11:39:15 AM PST
by
Valpal1
(If the police can t solve a problem with brute force, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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