[holidayidol]

Ok, come on. I know Ted Turner and his empire are practically as liberal as they come...but TCM has been a very classy (if even the last remaining classy) television channel for almost 15 yrs. You can always bet that at least 99% of their programming is family-friendly and suitable for everyone, even if it isn't something you want to see. In my house, it happens to be the channel that's on whenever my TV is on over the last decade+.

They have had tiny, trivial, and insignificant programming before that I may not have been delighted about, but nothing to really ever ruffle my feathers.

But to not only acknowledge, but "celebrate" and "honor" Gay Pride Month with this feature is going too far. I don't even really have any problem with the particular movies that they are showing, or if Robert Osborne wants to occasionally mention particular aspects/trivia along this line in his prologues. However, I can't help but be a little sickened with this particular "Spotlight" festival.

Ironically, this is occuring the very same month that TCM is starting their "Funday Night at the Movies" Showcase. This is described as such: "Kids rule this summer on Funday Night at the Movies, a new TCM franchise designed to help parents, grandparents and others who spend quality time with children to introduce them to the wonderful world of classic movies. In addition to presenting captivating family films - and dispelling any notion that the word "classic" means something stuffy or dull - we offer all kinds of added fun on the program. Our on-air host is actor Tom Kenny, best known for providing voices for the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants (including that of SpongeBob himself)."

Yeah! These two features go well together! Lure in grandpa & grandma, mom & dad, and kids all together around the TV for "quality" programming, and then slip in a lecture to them about celebration of homosexuality. Is anyone else put off by this ?! I'm not saying I'm shocked by this little ploy, but truly disappointed.

[fatnotlazy]

My personal solution will be not to watch TCM Mondays and Wednesdays in June. Goodness knows I have enough DVDs and VHS tapes that I can watch instead.

[Captainpaintball]

Among those Behind Bars is Eleanor Parker in Caged (1950) as a naïve young inmate preyed upon by sadistic lesbo matron Hope Emerson.

Hmm...I'm gonna have to check this one out!!!

[Dilbert San Diego]

What about Brokeback? Or isn’t it old enough to be a classic?

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Thanks for posting this. I now know what channel I’m not watching on Mondays and Wednesdays in June.

[Petronski]

Among those Behind Bars is Eleanor Parker in Caged (1950) as a naïve young inmate preyed upon by sadistic lesbo matron Hope Emerson.

Just thought you'd want to know.

[atomicpossum]

Much of this appears, to my eye, to be a matter of activists taking any character with stereotypical behaviors (they're usually mad about stereotypes, aren't they?) and declaring them *GAY!* (based on the stereotypes...). Unless a character comes out and says it, or it's DIRECTLY implied, aren't they claiming stereotypes that they scream about the rest of the time?

A swishy male/butch female? Reaction 1: What a horrible stereotype! Reaction 2: That person is GAY!

Can we just get some consistency here?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Gay Pride Month?

We're running out of months to celebrate? something! Seems it "one thing or another" month.

[weegee]

The last thread on this got quickly killed.

[weegee]

Wonder how many attempts are going be made to “read things” into scenes?

The year Brokeback Mountain came out, the Oscars opened with a montage of “gay” cowboy clips designed to slur the reputations of John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, and others (I think including Ronald Reagan).

[50mm]

Won’t see this perverted s**t in my house. All the “Turner” channels (CNN, TBS, TCM ...) have been blocked for years.

[dakine]

TCM is the best station on TV, followed by AMC...