Let's face it, homophobia is the reason Bush got re-elected. His "manipulation machine" worked overtime appealing to the religious idiots to come out and vote AGAINST gay mariiage by voting FOR them. This worked, and frightened all the poor "sheep" of middle American right into their web. Now, most Americans feel, by recent polls, that they made a terrible mistake, and will probably try to correct it on November.
Well, this tactic worked again in Hollywood, but in a slightly different way. As you we all know, the gay cowboy jokes were rampant. Critics loved the movie but it slowly became unpopular to support this 'homosexual' film. So, Lion's Gate pushed their film as the one that supported all minorities, with a moral that 'healed' relations between all peoples, except gays of course, as there were no gay characters represented. Funny, being that it took place in Los Angeles. Well their appeal to the older more conservative voters, the silent homophobic members and those on the fence worked like a charm. We know Crash was the worst of the five nomimated for best picture, yet it took the prize. All that says to me is that the majority of this Academy is out of touch, and llike the Presidential election, voted for a movie that didn't deserve to win. Well, I am not, and never have been, "sheep", and like the voters will do in the November elections for the House and Senate, the Academy is trying to do now by inviting Jake and Heath to join the Academy and asking Ellen to host next year.
TOO LATE.
-Adrian
Amen, Adrian. And in this same vein, I'd like to post yet another one of the theme songs of my life written by Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day:
MinorityI want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the Moral Majority
'Cause I want to be the minority
I pledge allegiance to The Underworld
One nation under dog
There of which I stand alone
A face in the crowd
Unsung, against the mold
Without a doubt
Singled out
The only way I know
I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the Moral Majority
'Cause I want to be the minority
Stepped out of the line
Like a sheep runs from the herdMarching out of time
To my own beat now
The only way I know
One light, one mind
Flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
"For crying out loud" she screamed unto me
A free for all
F*** 'em all
You are your own sight
I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I want to be the minority