Comments on: Did India De-Gayify Dustin Lance Black’s Oscar Speech?

By: brightcove

brightcove — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:25:42 +0000

i don’t know who to blame but yes, I saw both the speeches and the repeat telecast had this speech totally deleted.

By: RTM

RTM — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:40:16 +0000

How can you blame the Government of India for the censorship, when the film Milk itself has been released in India (limited theatrical release, due to lack of audience)??

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1233152

The censorship was done by private TV channel Star. I accept that India has miles to go before we can see that India is accepting of homosexuality, but don’t blame Indian Government for something it isn’t responsible.

By: Sebbe

Sebbe — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:10:56 +0000

@jonny – yeah I didn’t really get the connection between democracy and censorship. I’m not so sure they are necessarily intertwined.

By: donsnyc

donsnyc — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:46:23 +0000

Please make your voice heard in Hawaii. The State Senate will soon decide regarding the bill giving civil rights to gay unions.

Please contact their locals officials here:

http://capitol.hawaii.gov/site…..embers.asp

Also, please take the poll/survey here:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/

By: blake

blake — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:24:03 +0000

I just read that this was not specific to India but all of Asia that received the Oscars via Rupert Murdoch’s Star TV.

By: Zee

Zee — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:54:01 +0000

I love DUSTIN!

By: cruiser

cruiser — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:53:59 +0000

@jonny: Touche’ Game, Set, Match!

By: jonny

jonny — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:49:16 +0000

“Funny, ’cause we didn’t think democratic nations engaged in the type of censorship that brands gay people as too risque for TV.”

oh, really? was america a democracy a couple of decades ago when gays on tv were almost unheard of?

By: tropSpice

tropSpice — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:52:55 +0000

Although I am not a great supported of India’s stance on LGBT issues, in this case the government is probably not at fault.

Apparently the edit was caused by the private cable channel Star TV, which is based in Hong Kong, and owned by (surprise!) Rupert Murdoch’s (right-wing) Newscorp. (Read this on Towleroad today.)