Last week, in response to the outcry over the use of the word “gay” in the trailer for his upcoming comedy The Dilemma, director Ron […] Read the full post.
Nov 8
2010
05:07 PM ET
GLAAD President responds to Ron Howard's explanation/defense of 'The Dilemma'
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Ignore it and it’ll go away.
Just don’t look. Just don’t look.
So let’s all stop referring to homosexuals as gay. Just refer to them as homos. I’m taking gay back along with porch monkey.
I can only hope this is you trying to be sarcastic…
Nope
Wow, bigotry much?
How so?
The phrase I want to tell this tool is Phuk Ewe
Wow Roy, the whole gay community is lucky to have someone so clever with words to represent them
This is the America we live in.PC.PC and more PC.all for the gays.
So tell me something ‘PC’ Kel; would you still find it acceptable if some other word were inserted in place of ‘gay’? Some racial or sexual or ethnic epithet perhaps? Somehow I doubt it!
That’s so Kel! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
If he said electric cars are too girlie would anyone be offended?
So says a self-entitled moron of the majority. Trouble is, no one really is – you;re just kidding yourself. It’d be hysterical too see you transformed into a gay black man for a month; you’d be crying like a little girl in five minutes flat.
What’s that have to do with a line said by a character in a movie?
Arsenio Hall never seemed unhappy to me.
You really are a moron, Larry David.
I take offense at the fact that homosexuals stole the word gay.
I was known as a gay(Happy)once. Then all of a sudden gay meant homosexual.
Well dammit Im taking it back.
End Sarcasm
Because ‘homosexual’ is used a slur it has obtained a negative connotation for a lot of people; so much so that ‘homosexual’ or especially ‘homo’ makes many gay and straight people both cringe when they hear it. Therefore most people are far more comfortable with gay.
What isn’t a negative connotation then? I’m not gay so therefore I’m hetero, so why is homo offensive. Gay already had a meaning before it was used to refer to homosexuals.
So, the haters are defending their right to be hurtful and offensive? When I read the comments (like that Larry David dude), I wonder – what is the pay off for you? Why is it so important to you to be able to hurt others? Do you have kids? When they come home and tell you they are being teased or bullied about who they are, do you laugh and tell them to get a sense of humor? Do you defend the bullies to your kids? Okay, so you don’t agree with GLAAD – is it really important to you to post a sarcastic, nasty (anonymous) comment? WHY? Why do you feel the need to do that? Really makes me wonder what you’re all about. (But instead of taking anything I said and considering it, I expect that some will fire back some homo-laced insult. Again, WHY?)
So you are upset that the car was being bullied?
I think that karma is a wonderful thing.
Tom: I agree with you. Those who use the terms gay or retard are ignoramuses.
That makes sense. Thing is most people are born retarded.
Rolo – like your replies. And completely false, too.
I love him and SingleDoctorDating was amazing and breathtaking
I’m not much of a fan of GLADD, but they are completely correct on this issue.
Oh shut up Tarc, i’ve read your other posts on here and it’s obvious you’re a HUGE glaad fan! Which only proves just how much you lack credibility. EW: Stop allowing this 12 year old boy to post on your site!
But Darren, if they stop allowing 12-year-olds to post, where will you go with your immature and ridiculous homophobic mindset?
The problem was presenting the joke in the movie’s trailer. Howard’s original statement was correct. In the context of the movie, the words were appropriate for Vaughn’s boneheaded character — just as GLAAD notes in “The Office” example. The same thing was true of a recent joke on “Community.” Pierce constantly makes inappropriate remarks to everyone, so it was in character for him to call Uggs “Gay boots.” The remark made him look stupid, and the other characters rolled their eyes and blew him off. The trailer for Howard’s film does not set up that context, so the joke appears to be at the expense of gay people when it is actually intended to reflect badly on Vaughn’s character. Howard is a smart guy, but he needs to cut his own trailers.
LOL! Darren – if you bash adults like this, I can imaging how you love to bash kids. Oh, that’s right, you already thought you were! Please take your own advice.
We are talking about the word Gay, not the derogatory term F**. I will agree to an extent that it should not be in a trailer, but for them to push for them to remove it from the movie is insanity. The use of the word is not representative of the actors or the writers or the directors — it is representative of the ignorance of the character.
Actually, this kind of ridiculous homophobic garbage is written into nearly all ‘comedies’ these days. And to be honest, there are all kinds of ways to make a joke, but this is an example of something that’s hurtful, not comedic. The fact that Howard and Vaughn just don’t get it underscores the need to continue the dialog.
So it’s hurtful to call a car gay? Words have more than one meaning. Gay actually meant something else before it was used to refer to homosexuals. Don’t like it, pick another word.
You are an idiot.
and so is Ellen
This whole issue is ridiculous. How did Ron Howard become the fall guy? In my youth I saw movies like History Of The World Pt. 1 and Blazing Saddles that poked fun. I laughed and yet, somehow I grew up to not be a homophobe. If someone’s teenager goes out and bullies a homosexual I asssure you that it’s not because Vince Vaughn said the word gay in a movie trailer.
Why are so many people okay with this?? It’s not okay. It’s not okay to say retard either, but I bet most of the posters on here think that’s okay too. You are all ignorant.
Why is it bad to use the word retard, but OK to use the word idiot? Just asking.
The more I hear about this, the less I care. The joke is stupid, they can include it if they want to, I wasn’t going to see it either way (and neither was anyone else with taste, probably).
I say let’s wait and see the movie. Maybe the character who calls electric cars “gay” is a complete douche. A douche would use that word indiscriminately so it would be within reason to develop the character.