Hollywood Goes All-Gay in Oscar Noms.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

Gay writer--Capote
Gay cowguys--Brokeback Mountain
Gay racist policeman--Crash
Gay country singer--Walk the Line
Gay dancer--Cinderella Man
Gay terrorists--Munich
Gay reporter--Good Luck, Good Night
Gay nudist--Hello, Mrs Henderson
Gay miner--North Country
Gay oil tycoons--Syriana
Gay gardener--Constant Gardener
Gay gangster kingpin--History of Violence
Gay ingenue--Pride and Prejudice
Gay rap star--Hustle & Flow
Gay penguin--March of Penguins

Of course I don't mind the gays taking over, but meanwhile,
what many thought was a great movie that brought in fifty times
more cold hard cash than all the nominated movies combined,
namely, Wedding Crashers, got NO (zero) nominations. Could it be
because it starred two very decent and good-natured straight role
models? Hmmm? Just sayin'.

[Atman]

1. Gay president

Just sayin'

[Mrspeeker]

3. and he should be

Very happy for pullin the biggest heist off in history!

[Atman]

10. Hey, Mrspeeker...

(Btw, is that Mrs. Peeker, or Mr. Speeker?)

Anyway...WELCOME TO DU!

:bounce:

[Duncan Grant]

6. Straight president.

Just sayin'

[BushOut06]

31. Nah, definitely gay - in the George Michael, sweaty bathroom sort of way

You know, one of those types who revels in their supposed masculine sexuality, then gets caught literally with their pants down in some gay cruiser bathroom. Bush & Cheney engage in dirty, ugly prison-gay sex.

But I know what you mean. I don't think that either gays or straight people want to claim Bushie as one of their own.

[Duncan Grant]

37. Dirty ugly prison-gay sex?

How did we get from the Oscars and "Straight President" to this? :shrug:

[BushOut06]

38. Someone brought up the president and his sexual preferences

[Davion]

9. You better believe it, girl!

http://www.bettybowers.com/isbushgay.html

[Duncan Grant]

22. Ok, DU. We need to come to an understanding about the Bush/gay put-downs.

You can ridicule Bush all you want but NOT with stereotypes rooted in sexism. I would think most of you would know better by now. It's offensive and ignorant.

Thank you for thinking it over.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

24. Yes please don't turn this into an anti-gay thread.

It is an anti-gay-movie thread.

P.S. I agree with your point, 94114SF.

[Duncan Grant]

36. It's hard to have fun here sometimes.

But I appreciate your efforts. :hi: :7

[SPKrazy]

25. While I agree that there shouldn't be put downs of gays

I think it is a legitimate possibility that B* is at least bisexual.

google Bush and victor ashe

[Smarmie Doofus]

29. OTOH...there is a MOUNTAIN of evidence that Bush...

is your standard variety, deeply insecure, profoundly homophobic , *100% (or close to that) heterosexual*, 20th century American male.

See, for example, Bush on the Couch, by Justin Frank, MD.

Please... take him ; he's *YOURS*.

[Atman]

26. Why did you consider it a put down?

All I posted was "gay president."

There have been many stories about his college shenanigans, Geoff Gannon, etc. He may well be gay. It seemed apropos to the subject, and I'm surprised you'd take it as a putdown. I didn't think being gay was an insult.

[Duncan Grant]

35. Please don't make inferences about what I mean - or my reaction.

"...and I'm surprised you'd take it as a putdown. I didn't think being gay was an insult.

Atman - I responded to your post by writing, "Straight President." There have been many stories about his former girlfriend's abortion and his current long-term marriage with a woman(gasp). He may well be straight. It seems to be the counterpoint to your assertion.

What I find offensive (and ignorant) is mentioned above.

[AtomicKitten]

2. I thought there was something "funny" about him.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. There was plenty funny about Wedding Crashers

but it didn't get no noms. Let's spread out the wealth
to straight people, because at least they showed up and
joined in the merriment, which a lot of people get invited
to things and don't even go.

[AtomicKitten]

28. not so funny IMHO

I, however, laughed a lot during the 40-year-old virgin.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. What about where everybody had that straight wedding cake fight?

I didn't see the movie because it hasn't come to our village yet,
but I bet there is a good straight wedding cake fight in it
somewhere. And yet still, NO NOMS.

[Atman]

32. And laughed lots at both of them!

But I felt dirty and guilty after laughing so much at 40YOV.

Wedding Crashers, imho, was a riot. Pure formula, but fun nonetheless.

[Democrats_win]

4. Vince Vaughn is a gay icon. His movies are fabulous.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

12. I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

Not that I have anything against fabulous gay icons.

[nevergiveup]

5. If my memory serves me

correctly, straight folks have done quite well with Oscar Nominations over the past 50+ years. If gays have a big night, so what? I think it is cool.

[Bluebear]

8. Yes, straight people have been SO overlooked by the Oscars

I remember the year Halle and Denzel both won and the rightwingers were having fits that blacks were "taking over" the Oscars. :crazy:

[REP]

11. Damn Those Gay Penguins and Their Fashion Sense!

I thought that "Emperor" penguin was trying too hard.

[Inland]

13. That's wrong and it's flamebait.

"Cinderella Man" is about a gay boxer, not a gay dancer.

[ruggerson]

18. I had a gay boxer

he ran off with a german shorthair.

[Inland]

21. In the movie, the latter was played by Max Baer. nt

[A-Schwarzenegger]

19. My girl friend and me were making out

the whole movie so I had no idea what it was about.
I guessed.

[Tony_Illinois]

14. WTF?

Gay or str8, A-dude, Wedding Crashers was about as artistic as Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo . And let's all shed a few tears over the shutout of The Dukes of Hazzard . THEY WUZ ROBBED!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

20. The Dukes of Hazzard: GAY CAR!

[Cha]

15. I saw Weddings Crashers last

night and I made the mistake of choosing the let it all hang out version instead of the theatrical version. I think maybe the other one would have been funnier to me..I'm just sayin'

I gotta go and check out the nominations now!

[saltpoint]

16. Your fears are well-founded. Led by Hollywood depictions on film,

the entire straight world will soon face a mass phase-out across the board in all human endeavors.

Heterosexuals will no longer be needed, or for that matter, even welcome.

Only gay films will be made. Only gay tv shows will be programmed. Only gay country&western singers. Only gay everything from here on in.

Hold on to your hat!
___

I don't consider BROKEBACK for example a "gay" film. I consider it well-told fiction by Annie Proulx and absolutely pristine adaptation to screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Also, Emmylou Harris, an AVOWED heterosexual, sings a splendid tune on the film's soundtrack.

[Canuckistanian]

17. Gay gay gaygaygay

Must drive the fundies nuts. I can hear Medved's head exploding now.

[Inland]

23. Read Wolcott on Medved and Bback Mountain. It's a treat.

http://jameswolcott.com/archives/2006/01/the_mountain_co.php

[ruggerson]

27. The day after the Golden Globes

Medved was calling them the Gay Globes and lamenting the gay "agenda."

A couple of callers told him they were offended and I thought briefly about calling him and asking him if The Diary Of Anne Frank, Schindler's List and Munich had all come out in the same year and won awards, would he have called them the "Jew Globes"?

But then I thought better of it; I imagined that life would somehow go better for me if I could look back at ninety and say that I had never, not once, uttered a word to Michael Medved.

[Generic Other]

33. Gay muscleman--Pumping Iron

Always ignoring the documentaries. Ya just can't get no respect.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

34. That was 1962!... Now it would be: "Gazing Wistfully at Iron."

Or Witlessly. But not gay. Musclemen only snap towels and
pretend to act gay in order to show they are so straight it
doesn't matter, which of course it doesn't, not to me anyway.
That's why I brought it up, because I'm so extremely straight
that I might as well be gay.

[LeftCoast]

39. Locking

If this is meant as a joke, it belongs in the lounge. If it's serious, it doesn't belong on DU. In neither case should it be in GD.