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"Hollywood isn't being straight with gay community." Funny article...

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...with a real zinger at the end.
Hollywood isn't being straight with gay community
By Wesley Morris, Boston Globe Staff | March 7, 2006
The crash you heard late Sunday night was not only Jack Nicholson announcing the best-picture Oscar winner. It was the sound of lots of closet doors slamming shut in a huff. ''Brokeback Mountain," the so-called gay cowboy movie, lost to ''Crash," a drama about the shrieking, teary, hateful, and guilty people who refuse to stop running into each on the streets of Los Angeles...
As Oscar host Jon Stewart pointed out, half of Hollywood acted in ''Crash," and actors make up the Academy's largest branch. Plus, the average age of voters is rumored to be 60-something, which means that ''Crash" might have triggered a civil-rights hot flash in the Academy.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/03/07/hollywood_isnt_being_straight_with_gay_community/ (Open in New Window)

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it's great to hear some real intellegence in the AA... - BJordan 19:34:00 03/07/06 (2)
I totally agree with the Boston Globe article. It is very significant that ALL of the other film awards in the world enviornment gave Brokeback Mountain their best film award. Wake up Hollywood.
- Yeah. As opposed to the tineyes that bluster around here. On the other hand... - clarkjohnsen 09:17:42 03/08/06 (1)
  ...the question must be asked, Would Brokeback have been a recognized movie without the gay hook?
  I'm thinking, no.
  clark
  - Yeah, that's the sad thing... - BJordan 11:19:17 03/08/06 (0)
    so many saw BBM as only a gay story. I think there was more to it then that., For example predudice(Crash was about predudice also) and how it can have impact on many lives. There is more but I don't want to get into a complete story analysis.
Sounds like another guy expending a bit too much energy saying it's NOT - tinear 17:25:33 03/07/06 (0)
the subject !!!!!!!!!!! of Brokeback or Crash that disturbs him.
If Crash had included gays, he'd be the first to criticize it for trying to tackle all issues.
Some movies are about bank heists, some about horror; Crash is about preconceptions solely based on race.
Notice, all that ink to criticize the IDEAS of these movies and not the movies themselves.
Of course, this guy's thesis crumbles when one remembers American Beauty--- or did he forget it won Best Picture a few years ago?

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