tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post1080471706571826235..comments2023-09-04T08:54:06.402-07:00Comments on Stop Ben Lyons!: Commie Homo loving sons of guns UNITE!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534672945058769050noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-35122788050400901132009-02-24T09:34:00.000-08:002009-02-24T09:34:00.000-08:00I was told that the in memoriam "calendar" for the...I was told that the in memoriam "calendar" for the Oscars is Feb 1-Jan 31. Which is why Ledger and Brad Renfro, who both died in January '08, were included in the 2008 Oscar slideshow, and Roy Scheider, who passed in February '08 (but before the Oscar telecast that year), was included in this year's.<BR/><BR/>You would think they'd have the same "calendar" as they would for films to qualify. Or maybe that's just me.Raniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159142312756441802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-10645654555177615162009-02-24T08:19:00.000-08:002009-02-24T08:19:00.000-08:00Of course there is a gay backlash. The Children's...Of course there is a gay backlash. The Children's Hour was the first film to discuss homosexuality and that was in the 1960s. Just about every notable gay character in film was at one point a closeted, self-loathing person who dies tragically mostly because the stories were written by straight people who only read about those people in the news and knew very little about gay people. Sean Penn as Harvey Milk finally gave us a character who just gave the best representation of a gay man, thanks in large part to Dustin Lance Black's screenplay.<BR/><BR/>Felicity Huffman in Transamerica does not count either. She was playing a he trying to get a sex change to become a woman, her character wasn't gay.<BR/><BR/>Keep in mind I am straight but I know a lot of people in the community who were so sick of the portrayal of gays in film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-71560722805306771772009-02-23T17:04:00.000-08:002009-02-23T17:04:00.000-08:00There is no question that there was some reluctanc...There is no question that there was some reluctance on the part of Hollywood to talk about issues like this a few years ago. It is not as though, to paraphrase Cary Grant, Hollywood went anti-Gay all of a sudden! <BR/><BR/>But after John Kerry lost the 2004 election there was a definite sense among many liberals (not just Hollywood) that middle America was just not ready for progressive ideas. We'll never know exactly why the Academy voters did not vote for Brokeback, but many people talked openly about Hollywood fearing the rest of the country wasn't ready for a gay movie.<BR/><BR/>This is proof enough that Hollywood was a bit reluctant. I think now they are much less reluctant and that is a good thing.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534672945058769050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-59412914023657997352009-02-23T14:16:00.000-08:002009-02-23T14:16:00.000-08:00Come on, Scott, you really think there is a homose...Come on, Scott, you really think there is a homosexual backlash in Hollywood? At the Oscars? Really? If anything, actors and films are more likely to be nominated or win when they play gay. Tom Hanks, Transamerica, Milk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-34008566945827867672009-02-23T07:59:00.000-08:002009-02-23T07:59:00.000-08:00I like the first opening musical skit but the last...I like the first opening musical skit but the last one was terrible. It reminded me of Baz Luhrmann gone bad and then I found out he directed the skit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-35413828741032631502009-02-23T07:28:00.000-08:002009-02-23T07:28:00.000-08:00Yeah, Heath Ledger was in last year's show. I defi...Yeah, Heath Ledger was in last year's show. I definitely agree on the good and the bad, though I'd also throw Hugh Jackman and the big musical numbers into the good category. Very fun and entertaining.Donniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09111136316663360123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218032304234379989.post-22524673065188764882009-02-23T06:16:00.000-08:002009-02-23T06:16:00.000-08:00He died before the 2008 Oscars and was included in...He died before the 2008 Oscars and was included in that show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com