Posted on 01/20/2011 12:28:17 AM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
Carl Kozlowski at Big Hollywood hails Ron Howard’s new film The Dilemma as “an instant classic for the conservative comedy lover,” so it’s fitting that some leftists don’t think it’s so funny. Rob Shuter reports that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is blaming the movie’s less than stellar opening weekend on a joke about electric cars being gay:
"Although there are a million reasons why a film can fail, we hope that Ron Howard and Universal will recognize from this that alienating audiences isn't a recipe for success," said Herndon Graddick, deputy director of programs at GLAAD, who oversees GLAAD's work with TV networks and film studios.Back in October, CNN's Anderson Cooper started a firestorm when he said he was offended by a movie trailer he had seen wherein an actor repeatedly used the word "gay" in a derogatory way.
"I was shocked that not only they put it in the movie, but that they thought that it was OK to put that in a preview for the movie to get people to go and see it," he told Ellen DeGeneres without naming the movie. "I just find those words, those terms, we've got to do something to make those words unacceptable cause those words are hurting kids."
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This one is from Larry The Cable Guy, “I’m madder than a homosexual with lock jaw on valentines day.”
Sounds like some homo has his panties in a wad.
Yeah, you sure don’t want to tick off what, maybe 3 or 4 percent?, of your potential audience. (That’s just a guess on my part - I’m not sure what the latest ‘official’ numbers are.)
Gee. Just a few years ago, there was a feature film that fantasized the assassination of pres. Bush. The Left called it “free speech”. Now there is a throw away line in a movie saying “electric cars are gay”, and the Gay Mafia has an apoplectic fit. The trailer has been pulled. Doubleplus speed fullwise rewrite.
Soon, the only acceptable target for hate will be white, heterosexual, republicans. Oh, wait. I think we’ve already arrived.
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