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opinions wanted :)
Jul. 24th, 2007 08:21 pmheyyyy. ok, so I'm visiting my sister, and yesterday was full of bouncy kittens and weeding the vegetable garden and eating said home-grown vegetables...all in all, life is pretty sweet. probably won't have much lj time over the next two weeks, but on the plane, they were showing Blades of Glory, and I was wondering how fandom folks felt about something I've been chewing on.
There's been some talk about how I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry or whatever the fuck the movie is called is Very Bad because it makes a mockery of the issue (which, having never seen the movie, I agree with...who knows, maybe it circles around to something redeemable at the end where they All Learn a Lesson about posing to be gay and how real gay dads must feel...but whatev.)
but what about all the other movies that get laughs out of gay scenarios or homoerotic...err...are they still undertones when they're played up for obvious? Will Farrell has a number of movies like this...Blades of Glory, and the uh...NASCAR movie. does the fact that these scenarios now have a popular comedic appeal reflect something good or bad for the gay community and gay rights? do these movies do good or bad things for the same?
simple and very un-nuanced poll because I don't have time for a better one:
[Poll #1027038]
There's been some talk about how I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry or whatever the fuck the movie is called is Very Bad because it makes a mockery of the issue (which, having never seen the movie, I agree with...who knows, maybe it circles around to something redeemable at the end where they All Learn a Lesson about posing to be gay and how real gay dads must feel...but whatev.)
but what about all the other movies that get laughs out of gay scenarios or homoerotic...err...are they still undertones when they're played up for obvious? Will Farrell has a number of movies like this...Blades of Glory, and the uh...NASCAR movie. does the fact that these scenarios now have a popular comedic appeal reflect something good or bad for the gay community and gay rights? do these movies do good or bad things for the same?
simple and very un-nuanced poll because I don't have time for a better one:
[Poll #1027038]
