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oilgun:
I just saw a sweet little Canadian gay film called Breakfast With Scot about a gay couple who suddenly find themselves taking care of an 11 year boy who happens to be gayer than gay. We're talking feather boas and show tunes gay. It has a TV movie feel to it but it's so endearing that you can't help but love it.
It caused a bit of controversy because one of the "parents" played by Tom Cavanagh (of the TV show Ed) plays a sports caster who used to play for the Maple Leafs and the NHL gave the filmmakers full support so they were able to use the team's logos etc. Of course that upset the usual (Christian) idiots, mostly American btw.
For the trailer: http://www.caprifilms.com/breakfastwithscot/index.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910847/
BelAir:
tom cavanagh is a cutey patootie. I liked him in Ed. He was also in some horror movie recently that I didn't think I would be able to stomach watching... and I certainly haven't tried to do so. I will add Breakfast with Scot to my list though!
;)
MaineWriter:
I think I saw a preview for that movie, oilgun, and it looked like a fun one. I'll watch out for it.
I guess I am missing the connection about why people would be upset that the NHL cooperated? The NHL isn't supposed to be supportive of movies with a gay theme or something? Huh?
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oilgun:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on December 02, 2007, 09:05:06 am --- The NHL isn't supposed to be supportive of movies with a gay theme or something? Huh?
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--- End quote ---
That's exactly it, they accuse the NHL of promoting homosexuality:
Christian Activists Campaign Against Yet-Unfinished Movie
12 February 2007 (StudioBriefing)
The upcoming indie movie Breakfast With Scot, which tells the story of two gay men -- one of whom is a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team -- who are raising an eccentric 11-year-old boy, is already arousing controversy even before its release, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Bernadette Mansur, the NHL's senior vice president for communications, indicated that the protests are being spearheaded by Christian activist James Hartline, who claims to be a former homosexual. Although he has not seen the movie, he has called it "degrading" and accused the NHL of "promoting homosexualization of small children" and "becoming a willing partner with the fringe elements of the radicalized homosexual agenda and their ultimate goal of worldwide sexual anarchy." In Canada itself, Brian Rushfeldt of Canada Family Action Coalition charged that the Maple Leafs are "underwriting homosexuality. ... I don't think it does much for the image of the NHL amongst families who may want their children involved in hockey." Mansur insisted, however, that the NHL "didn't intend to make a statement one way or another about homosexuals" and that the film merely tells "a story of a contemporary American family that exists today."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910847/news
MaineWriter:
Oh, for Pete's sake. All the more reason for me to seek out this movie!
I am assuming in the last line it is is typo and should be NHL, not NFL.
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