Posted on 10/11/2010 6:21:18 PM PDT by epithermal
A trailer for Vince Vaughn's new film The Dilemma is being recut after GLAAD called it insensitive.
In the clip, Vaughn, who plays an automotive consultant, says, "Ladies and gentleman, electric cars are gay."
"The use of the word 'gay' in this trailer as a slur is unnecessary and does nothing more than send a message of intolerance about our community to viewers," GLAAD president Jarret Barrios said in a statement.
For its part, Universal says it is replacing the trailer. "The teaser trailer for 'The Dilemma' was not intended to cause anyone discomfort," the company said in its own statement. "In light of growing claims that the introduction to the trailer is insensitive, it is being replaced. A full trailer, which has been in the works for some time, will post online later today."
VIDEO: Anderson Cooper takes on Vince Vaughn movie's use of 'so gay'
CNN's Anderson Cooper weighed in on the trailer during a visit to Ellen DeGeneres' show. "They thought that it was OK to put that in a preview for the movie to get people to go and see it," he said. "We've got to do something to make those words unacceptable because those words are hurting kids."
View original Vince Vaughn Trailer Pulled After Complaints From GLAAD at TVGuide.com
He meant “ghey” not “gay.”
Anderson Cooper and Ellen both make my a$$ ache!
That sounds like therapy talking, Anderson.
‘Anderson Cooper and Ellen both make my a$$ ache! “
I’m sorry..
...Two people I REALLY wish would just go away......
Vince forgot that GLAAD has purchased the rights to that dictionary word “gay” and can sue and harass everyone who uses it (that they don’t like).
I think electric cars are niggardly, myself.
Well then, maybe GLAAD could start by renaming their organization.
Liberals can’t stand the TRUTH!
It’s queer behavior for the perpetually unhappy to call themselves “gay”.
Nice little movie you have there. It’d be a shame if anything happened to it.
LOL - the Toyota Prius is gay! Just ask Jeff Dunham!!! LOLOLOL.
Odd how the use of gay to provoke and insult has grown in proportion to this sensitivity of theirs.
I’m in Hollywood and they’re fagmobiles. I snicker at these nancy boys right in their faces when I look at their fudgemobiles.
I think electric cars are niggardly, myself.
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I like ‘em spic and span, myself.
Don we now our gay apparel.
Fa! La! La! La! La! La! La! La! La! La!
PS - electric cars are gay. Although the other day I saw a guy on a pastel/powder blue scooter...and another guy in a yellow VW bug buying cat litter... Things that make you go hmmm...
The Bill of Rights guarantees our rights - it does not guarantee we won't be offended. Get over yourselves people! If you can't laugh at yourself, you're an up-tight {expletive}.
They are gay and GLAAD is trying to have it both ways. Ahem.
Erh, rather, in the gay community being called is both a slight and an attribute.
It’s okay if they use it but everyone else it’s taboo?
Come on. You made a life choice that objectifies your life as a sexual act.
Get over it.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper weighed in on the trailer .... “We’ve got to do something to make those words unacceptable because those words are hurting kids.”
Nope. What’s hurting kids is the glorifying of a chosen lifestyle and it’s consequences.
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