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Some scenes were in extremely poor taste


Having just recently viewed "Another Gay Movie" on video,' I must admit the film did succeed as a comic spoof on the heterosexual teen sex movie genre, e.g., "American Pie," "Porky's," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," etc. Generally speaking, most of the move depicted a similar brand of crude and raunchy sexual humor that it's hetero counterparts are well-known for.

However, the director noted in the film's commentary that some viewers (gay and straight) were offended by many aspects of the film. The director defended the controversial content in the name of "pushing artistic boundaries and leaving political correctness at the door."

Well, I also took offense to some scenes and would challenge the director's lame defense for several reasons. But first, let me identify some offending scenes:

1. The scene in the gay bar where the two old men ask the Griff character his age and state that he was way passed his prime age at 17 (a clear reference to pedophilia).

2. The scene where Andy's father reveals that he's bisexual and then proceeds to pursue a man into public restroom for sex.

3. The sex scene between the Andy character and his teacher.

The reason such scenes are offensive is partly because they appeal to the harmful characterization that homosexuals are perverse and behave without any boundaries of decency. Furthermore, the message such scenes send is that everything in the pursuit of gay sexual fulfillment is fine. No action or behavior is ever wrong or inappropriate when it comes to gay sex.

Too often in the name of "pushing the artistic envelop" gay directors make the mistake of communicating that any and every behavior as acceptable. But I would argue that there is nothing even remotely funny about suggesting that gay individuals condone pedophilia, that it's ok for a gay teacher to have sex with a teenager or that it's acceptable for a married man, in the pursuit of sexual freedom, to cheat on his wife -- right in from of his own son no less.

Exploiting such behavior for mere laughs ignores the damage such images do to the larger depiction of gay individuals in society by perpetuating these vile and harmful stereotypes. It's bad enough that there is a hateful anti-gay crowd that already equates homosexually with the most base human behavior imaginable. Gay directors and writers should be the last people to validate such prejudiced and homophobic beliefs.


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Those were probably 3 three scenes I could have done without as well.

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i'm with you on that one, last time i was in a gay bar, a 50 year old just kept hiting on me and i'd only turned 18, what a wee perv. That scene is hilarious, all those scenesare do disgusting i think they're funny.

My teenage ansgt has a body count

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"'m with you on that one, last time i was in a gay bar, a 50 year old just kept hiting on me and i'd only turned 18, what a wee perv"
I know! Old women are the same too, though, I work at a shop and some old hags try to hit me sometimes...ugh.

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Nope, it's androphiliac.

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Actually its 16 for both hetero and homosexual sex between two consenting people!

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in the UK i mean, not 15 as someone said earlier x

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wow i could name other scenes that were far worse than those lol how about the priest and the boy scout!! lol or rich from survivor showing his dick on camera and the grandfather having sex with the other kid how about those being far worse then the scenes you said lol come on

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It's 14 here in Colombia. I don't know why the country haven't become a pervert's paradise.

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It's 14 here in Colombia. I don't know why but fortunately the country haven't become a pervert's paradise.

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but the fact that the two men in the bar were wearing NAMBLA t-shirts...it seemed to me that the director was portraying nambla in almost a positive light, when in reality all members of that group should be shot in the face

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Sadly, you missed the point, I think...

What makes these (and other potentially) offensive scenes in the movie a good thing?

The film, unlike Fox News, Jerry Falwel and the like does not say that is the whole picture. On the contrary, Another Gay Movie makes it quite clear that those are only small facets of gay life by placing them in a complex context which mirrors much more of reality.

It has been a long time since I laughed so hard at any movie. Yes it was schlock, but at least it was schlock that I could relate to.

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You were offended by a movie that was a comedy...?
Obviously you have no real sense of humour because everything in this movie is supposed to be taken as a JOKE.
Stereotypes are there to be made fun of. Blondes (being stupid), gays (being queeny and promiscuous), lesbians (being butch), etc etc.
As they say, if you can't laugh at yourself...

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I picked up the movie expecting some laughs, but found most of the jokes to be tacky. I wasn't "offended" but I believe the writers could have done better. The hamster joke in particular was in poor taste and I couldn't help but feel that the movie missed the mark. I, too, watched it with a mixed crowd but we all found the movie to be extremely insipid and personally, I think it's the worst crap I've seen since I was made to watch the first fifteen minutes of Gigli.

I suppose it just wasn't my kind of movie. After the hamster thing, I completely disconnected and watched the rest of it only because I was wedged in between two friends in the couch.


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"that old saying, how you always hurt the one you love? Well, it works both ways."

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I thought the scenes were funny, I don't think it's going to worsen the gay world, all that stuff happens in the straight world too, it's not just a gay phenomena. If someone thinks gays are immoral and evil it doesn't matter what the movie content is about, it most likely won't change that person's mind. I didn't find any boundaries being pushed, I think the director did an awesome job, I was laughing through out the whole thing.

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Man you need to get over it and fast. The whole point of comedy is to poke fun at something or someone. Can you think of a joke where someone or thing isn't the object of ridicule? I think not. You just gotta be able to laugh at yourself and not take life so seriously.

It's funny how certain groups of people (race, sexual orientation or otherwise) seem to be so preoccupied about how they're portrayed in the media that they forget how to just enjoy life. But as someone said, people will think what they want to. Are you gonna go through life worrying about what people think or are you gonna live?

For your information. American Pie had the scene where Stiffler's mom slept with that young kid, can't remember his name. Did you find that in poor taste as well? Or did it not bother you since it portrayed sexually depraved mothers, as opposed to gays, in a bad light? If you have such thin skin then I suggest you strike comedies from your list of favorite movies since at some point in the movie it will poke fun at someone or another.

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I do agree in principal with what your saying...


It's funny how certain groups of people (race, sexual orientation or otherwise) seem to be so preoccupied about how they're portrayed in the media that they forget how to just enjoy life. But as someone said, people will think what they want to. Are you gonna go through life worrying about what people think or are you gonna live?


The difference is that because of the bigotry, gays, as a minority, do NOT have equal rights. People of color certainly face descrimination, but that descrimination is not woven into the legal fabric of America. In a majority of states LGBTQ people are still fired for being who they are. Only 8 or so states (out of 50) grant recognition of our relationships. We are still battling for simple basic civil rights.

I don't doubt that our enemies will take some of those clips mention, completely out of context, and paint our entire community with them, (especially the NAMBLA and Public rest room scenes). In a less screwed up world, this spoof would be harmless (like American Pie was), but we don't live in that world.

I think a few scenes went took far, especially the Nambla screne and the men's room.

Just my opinion - and I can see the other point of view as well.



"'Jesus, please save me from your followers!"

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I understand where you're coming from although it makes me wonder why the NAMBLA and Public Rest Room scenes bothered you so much. I mean, before watching that scene I'd never even heard of NAMBLA (and I too am gay, btw) so I actually had to google it to learn more about that group. But getting back to why those scenes bothered you, it seems they did only because the general public got to see the negative side of gay "culture" and you'd rather they didn't. But think about how long that group has been in existence; did they bother you before? And if they did, what have you done about it to improve the situation and ultimately, how gays are perceived?

They say art imitates life so if that's the case then the producers didn't make up anything regarding gay subculture in this movie. It seems you had no problems with NAMBLA or public rest room sex--it's been going on forever it seems--so long as it remained hidden to the masses and only known amongst gays. However, the minute the masses became privy to it all of a sudden you find it offensive. Now what does that say about you?

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Thanks to the OP. I could not agree more. This movie overdone itself in every scene in terms of poor taste.

I cannot believe that those actors degraded themselves to that extent.

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The whole movie is all tounge-in-cheek (no pun intended) and obviously farce.

Relax...




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-Beverly Crusher

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the truth is that alot of that *beep* does happen though like when your 16 a 40 year old man will want you but once your 20 he still wants a 15 year old taste is not at all black and white the director can't screen out who will see the film so he goes by his experience and what he thinks is lacking in cinema

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One word, mon copain: STFU.

BTW, I'm gay, haven't seen the film (but want to) and the scenes you described sound hilarious. The fact that you were offended by them leads me to believe that they were the three funniest scenes in the film.

"God is dead. Man is now free." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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I felt uncomfortable with some of the nudity. My roommate was watching with his friend and although some of the stuff seemed hot, it made my stomach tense. I felt that "pushing the boundaries" and "gay movies" shouldn't necessarily contain so much nudity or crassness.

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