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Kudos to Bravo for doing as they said with rpt. BBM !!!
brokeplex:
I'm delighted that you see the effectiveness of this simple strategy. It is in fact the same strategy used by the religious right to affect programming changes. Perhaps it was pressure from the organized religious right which caused the execs at Bravo to make these changes in the airing of BM?
Fight their fire with our own fire. Gay men, Lesbians, and their allies have per capita very deep pocketbooks. I was just looking at some stats related to the campaign and I was astonished at the estimated per capita dollar numbers for the gay / lesbian population. In absolute terms demographic numbers are smaller than the religious right, fewer of us, but we are certainly capable of out organizing and at least matching them dollar for dollar.
Always remember that studio and production execs behave much like Ennis' and Jacks' sheep going up that mountain, if a blue herder dog gets behind them and barks, those sheep will move in the direction that the blue dog wants them to go. The bigger and the louder the dog, the faster those sheep will move. The louder and the more potent the economic threat to their exec perks at Bravo, the faster those same execs will change the programing.
Artiste:
But some blissful persons full of it as blinded, don't care if BRAVO cuts the film to piece in order to make it so gays can be harmed more and more ??
huntinbuddy:
In case you want to see it again, the Bravo version that is, I believe it will be broadcast again tomorrow (Monday 6/30) at 9am. Central Time. Check you local listings for when the hack job is showing in your area.
brokeplex:
Artiste, I think that most people just aren't concerned enough to take any concrete steps. In my case, if the central theme of the film is intact then I am not too alarmed if theire was some cutting. I don't like the cutting, it damages the integrity of the artistic process, but if the message of BM goes out, then I can live with it.
I am however concerned if was the religious right which used, and I am not sure that this actually happened, the threat of one of their organized sponsor boycotts to affect changes in the airing of the film. The religious right has a long term plan to silence gays and lesbians. We must fight that in all of its manifestations. If it was just some nervous studio execs that thought "Jack Frederick Twist" sounded better than Jack Fuckin' Twist" then I disapprove of their squeamishness, but feel it is something that can be addressed without getting all alarmed.
I would prefer that Bravo and other networks air the unexpurgated version of BM. And if a boycott of the sponsors puts pressure on Bravo so that these types of editorial decisions are never made again, the BOYCOTT AWAY!
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: huntinbuddy on June 29, 2008, 05:08:01 pm ---In case you want to see it again, the Bravo version that is, I believe it will be broadcast again tomorrow (Monday 6/30) at 9am. Central Time. Check you local listings for when the hack job is showing in your area.
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thanks for the heads up! I'll look for it just to see how extensive the editiing is. I guess Dusty was right when he insisted that I should buy that full cable package, otherwise I wouldn't have Bravo. :laugh:
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