Cowboy Controversy (Rolling Stone) - Larry Miller, Utah

[starboardlight]

Wow, I don't know how those students were able to go into that meeting and give him any respect and share themselves with him. I give them props for that. I don't think I'd be able to hold back my anger. More than likely, I'd just avoid it altogether. My railing against him wouldn't have be productive in the least.

[vkm91941]

Seems to me like he's trying to redeem himself.  He certainly had no moral repugnance to films like Hostel or Saw but a love story gets pulled just because the lovers are men.  He really needs to do some serious soul searching about his value system.

[scottf.]

Other threads have brought up the movie Hostel, and I'm glad. At my theatre complex, it was playing on three screens to BBM's one. It DRIVES ME CRAZY that Hostel came and went without a peep of criticism from the pundits. Even a couple of the college kids who work for me were disgusted by it. Such bald-faced hypocrisy on the part of the Fox Vox, et al. Grrrrrr.

[slayers_creek_oth]

He really needs to do some serious soul searching about his value system.

If you only knew....

[slayers_creek_oth]

Other threads have brought up the movie Hostel, and I'm glad. At my theatre complex, it was playing on three screens to BBM's one. It DRIVES ME CRAZY that Hostel came and went without a peep of criticism from the pundits. Even a couple of the college kids who work for me were disgusted by it. Such bald-faced hypocrisy on the part of the Fox Vox, et al. Grrrrrr.

I didn't show Hostel for reasons beyond my control but from what I've heard it was pretty graphic...a hell of a lot more graphic then BBM....

[starboardlight]

Other threads have brought up the movie Hostel, and I'm glad. At my theatre complex, it was playing on three screens to BBM's one. It DRIVES ME CRAZY that Hostel came and went without a peep of criticism from the pundits. Even a couple of the college kids who work for me were disgusted by it. Such bald-faced hypocrisy on the part of the Fox Vox, et al. Grrrrrr.

I didn't show Hostel for reasons beyond my control but from what I've heard it was pretty graphic...a hell of a lot more graphic then BBM....

actually that goes for every Tarantino film, doesn't it?

[Lynne]

This is an experiment... Phillip posted the original article some time ago.  I knew there was a related article in Chez Tremblay.  I am testing out the topic merge functionality to see how it works and because I want to post a follow-up article to these today.

My concern is that the topic merge doesn't seem to let me leave a link to the new topic (like it does when a thread is moved) so I will do that at Chez Tremblay next.

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
-Lynne

[Aussie Chris]

During the KCPW interview, he said booking a movie like ''Brokeback Mountain'' was a business decision, and ''It's something that I have to let the market speak to some degree. I don't think I'm qualified to be the community censor.''

Why does he say this after he pulled the film?  And saying that he sold cars "because" is offensive.  This is all about bigotry and the promotion of discrimination by saying that others had gone out of their way to agree and support his homophobic views (i.e. buying cars).  But then to make a statement that it was a business decision???  Well I guess he can add spineless to his list of attributes: "you lack the courage of your convictions sir".  If you want to take a stand against freedom of speech because you don't like what's being said, don't insult us with lies that it's a business decisions.

[Lynne]

Here is the promised link to an update on Larry Miller, who delivered his speech as originally scheduled at the University of Utah.

I liked the idea of so many students wearing cowboy hats to support Brokeback Mountain.  It seemed to be a positive protest, and Larry Miller made some remarks that have a more conciliatory tone than some of his earlier statements.  I hope he is sincere, but the last line of the article, indicating that he still does not intend to see the movie, leaves me skeptical.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=220878

-Lynne

[SFEnnisSF]

During the KCPW interview, he said booking a movie like ''Brokeback Mountain'' was a business decision, and ''It's something that I have to let the market speak to some degree. I don't think I'm qualified to be the community censor.''

Why does he say this after he pulled the film?  And saying that he sold cars "because" is offensive.  This is all about bigotry and the promotion of discrimination by saying that others had gone out of their way to agree and support his homophobic views (i.e. buying cars).  But then to make a statement that it was a business decision???  Well I guess he can add spineless to his list of attributes: "you lack the courage of your convictions sir".  If you want to take a stand against freedom of speech because you don't like what's being said, don't insult us with lies that it's a business decisions.

Well said, Chris.