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Stereotypical

posted 17 years ago by FeiLongEX
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It was kind of a good movie. But why go so stereotypical? They had the faggy gay guys who are hair stylists and make up artists. Then there were the dyke lesbians who ride motorcycles and build gazebos. I don't see how this helps people to look passed gay people as just a fringe minority who don't deserve to have any rights. At least there was the state attorney who was just an ordinary guy. That represents gays better than what the majority of this movie presented.

I mean, all gays go on strike so therefore women will have bad hair. Really?

[–] dysperdis 17 years ago

That's what people want, though. I mean, there were a couple non-stereotypical people- the weatherman and teleprompter guy were great, and the couple with the "together for 34 years" sign was a nice realistic touch, as was the kid with the "Dear president: why do you hate my family?" sign- but for the most part, people don't want to find out that we don't look or act any different than the rest of the population.

Hell, it could have been worse- they could have put Sean Hayes in it >.<

[–] Devans00 17 years ago

Maybe it would have freaked some people out if the gays were too regular. Not easy to tell from non-gay people. So they went with the stereotypes.

After all, this was supposed to be a light-hearted, non-threatening USA channel movie. Not a real life documentary on HBO. It definitely succeeded as far as I'm concerned.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

[–] ChrisBerni 17 years ago

John Stamos said in an interview that they did film more, and particulary more "not stereotypical gay" jobs being affected, but for some reason the director etc. seemed to decide not to include them - which he agreed is a shame!

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[–] lady_rinehart 17 years ago

Oh, that's such a sad way to look at this movie. I'm pretty sure the reason lots of stereotypes were included was for humor, not to force the gay population into predetermined categories. I smiled every time, but I still realize that sexual orientation doesn't determine occupation. The main characters, for example, were outside the conventional gay representations and they were very central to the plot. And while I agree they could have included some more non-stereotypes, overall the message behind the movie was clear: all people should have all their rights protected not matter what their race, gender, or sexuality. I thought this movie was adorable and to say it sets gays back 20 years is not only inaccurate but also shows that this poster obviously know very little about civil rights history.

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[–] pangelboy2 17 years ago

Maybe because gays like that exist? Stereotypes do derive from truth, and while "normal" gays would've been a warm welcome, it's a comedy, right? Those faggy-fags are just as normal as the white-collared closet cases that decry how America won't accept us if we act like the fags we are.

[–] Frumious_Bandersnatch_46 15 years ago

Of course such stereotypes exist. What we're trying to say is that they aren't really representative.

The points made (so far) in this thread are that:
• the movie showed the standard gay stereotypes almost exclusively;
• these stereotypes do not in fact comprise the entire gay population, out or closeted;
and that
• this comedy might have been an excellent soft-sell opportunity to show that by including
— a few more regular guys
— a few more regular girls
— a few less swishy effeminate men and
— a few less humorless women dressed like lumberjacks or bikers;
• but the front office decided to go for the quick-and-easy swish jokes.
As the old song says, "It ain't necessarily so!"

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Have you noticed that, in Shakespeare's day, soothsayers said the sooth, the whole sooth, and nothing but the sooth?
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[–] Frumious_Bandersnatch_46 13 years ago

I understand that there were those (connected with the movie) who'd campaigned and argued to include a few more "mainstream" types and a few less stereotypes. However, they were overruled.