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"Outrage" - Documentary Outs Gay Politicians Who Fight Gay Rights
injest:
--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on May 02, 2009, 05:30:38 pm ---I knew I knew!!! ;D
Do I get a prize????
If so will it be a booby prize? :laugh:
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now what would you do with a buncha boobies??
oilgun:
A review of the film:
http://www.afterelton.com/movie/2009/5/outrage
Excerpt:
The structure of Outrage is simple: Starting with Senator Larry Craig (the film begins with a recording of his police interrogation following his airport bathroom arrest), the film neatly and thoroughly outs a half-dozen men whose professional efforts in promoting an anti-gay agenda are at direct odds with the fact that they secretly have sex with other men, often while maintaining marriages to women.
Using some firsthand accounts of former sexual partners, old campaign footage (to occasionally humorous effect) and commentary from gay political media watchdogs, the film makes the case for each man's homosexuality, and presents his lifetime gay rights voting record. In each instance, the disconnect is staggering.
The usual suspects are all there: Craig, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, former New York mayor Ed Koch, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, former Rep. Ed Schrock, even dusty McCarthy relic Roy Cohn. Again, if you're reading this review, then you're likely no stranger to gay media, particularly gay online media (which is credited in the film as being one of the few places where these scandals are openly discussed) and none of these men is an unfamiliar candidate for speculation.
louisev:
--- Quote from: oilgun on May 07, 2009, 12:03:45 am ---A review of the film:
http://www.afterelton.com/movie/2009/5/outrage
Excerpt:
The structure of Outrage is simple: Starting with Senator Larry Craig (the film begins with a recording of his police interrogation following his airport bathroom arrest), the film neatly and thoroughly outs a half-dozen men whose professional efforts in promoting an anti-gay agenda are at direct odds with the fact that they secretly have sex with other men, often while maintaining marriages to women.
Using some firsthand accounts of former sexual partners, old campaign footage (to occasionally humorous effect) and commentary from gay political media watchdogs, the film makes the case for each man's homosexuality, and presents his lifetime gay rights voting record. In each instance, the disconnect is staggering.
The usual suspects are all there: Craig, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, former New York mayor Ed Koch, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, former Rep. Ed Schrock, even dusty McCarthy relic Roy Cohn. Again, if you're reading this review, then you're likely no stranger to gay media, particularly gay online media (which is credited in the film as being one of the few places where these scandals are openly discussed) and none of these men is an unfamiliar candidate for speculation.
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so, as expected, nobody in the film was forcibly outed who hasn't been covered in the media extensively already.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: louisev on May 07, 2009, 12:18:21 am ---so, as expected, nobody in the film was forcibly outed who hasn't been covered in the media extensively already.
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Well, that's some good news. But it leaves me even more baffled as to the point of making the film in the first place if this is all old news.
injest:
--- Quote from: milomorris on May 07, 2009, 01:47:30 am ---Well, that's some good news. But it leaves me even more baffled as to the point of making the film in the first place if this is all old news.
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I would guess it is to set a precedent so we will accept in the future that whores and innuendo are acceptable 'proof'. This is probably more for propanganda "look what we can do to you" than for any other reason.
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