Nope. That was another movie.
Posted on 05/17/2005 10:13:05 PM PDT by Crackingham
The owner of two Kentucky theaters has refused to show the new Jane Fonda film "Monster-in-Law" because of the activist role the actress took during the Vietnam War.
Ike Boutwell, who trained pilots during the Vietnam War, displayed pictures of Fonda clapping with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft crew in 1972 outside the Elizabethtown Movie Palace to show his disapproval. The marquee outside Showtime Cinemas in nearby Radcliff reads: "No Jane Fonda movie in this theater."
Both theaters are just a few miles from the Army post of Fort Knox, south of Louisville.
"I think when people do something, they need to be held responsible for their actions," Boutwell said. "When you give the enemy aid, it makes the war last longer."
Fonda has apologized for being photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, but not for opposing the war.
"Monster-in-Law" raked in more than $23 million last weekend as the top-grossing movie across the country, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and Nielsen EDI Inc. In the film, Fonda plays Jennifer Lopez's villainous prospective mother-in-law, trying to stop Lopez from marrying her son.
Sal Mancuso, an Elizabethtown resident, said he personally thanked Boutwell for not showing the film.
"I think Vietnam veterans appreciate this," said Mancuso, who fought in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam war. "There is no defense for what she did."
Boutwell also banned previous Jane Fonda films, as well as Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9/11."
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I like Ike.
Jane Fonda should be banned form our shores
form = from
He sounds like a great man. Any one who lives in the area should reward him by frequenting his theaters often.
Just two theaters?
OK, it's a start.
I believe that is a form of "Free Speech" and Ike should be appluaded.
I will express myself by trying to outlive the bitch and then water her flowers as often as possible, no matter how long the line is.
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Me like Ike, too! Good idea, more theaters should do this. I won't hold my breath, though.
Not often we find someone more in tune to principles than the buck. I'll bet there would be people who would pay to sit in front of a blank screen in his theatre rather than watch Hanoi Jane. I would.
I'm with you my friend.
We will probably have to stand in a "long" line of other vets.
Does "yellow water" really kill flowers? LOL
Good to see they're finally calling her what she is.
Call and say "thank you". Or, if you are in the area, stop by and putchase a ticket and some Jordan Almonds. You know the left is going to howl "censorship" so show them not everyone agrees with the left.
Movie Palace - Elizabethtown
1231 Woodland Drive
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
(270) 769-1505
Good for him! I hear it's a bad movie, anyway.
Not even crabgrass will survive under that much concentration of urea.
Nope. That was another movie.
I don't think "Banned" is the proper word her: Ban implies an action by a governmental body. A more accurate headline would probably be "Kentucky Theater Owner Refuses to Show Latest Jane Fonda Film".
Only a government agency or quasi-government agency can ban. Schools can ban the Bible, libraries can ban books, state legislatures can ban freedom of speech.
Free citizens can exercise their freedoms to not partake. This is what the theater owner has done. He has not banned a darned thing. Moviegoers can drive to the next county to see Jane Fonda.
But would the MSM understand this nuance? Nooooo. They don't teach such things at the Columbia School of Journalism.
I really, really, really hate the media.
Fonda has apologized for being photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, but not for opposing the war.
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She didn't apologize...she regretted her actions, like a thief regrets when he's caught.
Another media lie.
Bravo to Ike!
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