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In order for us to give two craps about a major film trafficking in stereotypical gay jokes, we’re getting to the point where we have to care about the movie. Because Hollywood, despite all its gay writers and producers (and actors!), still inserts one-dimensional fag humor into these bromance comedies, because it distills the fact that male friends hanging out together is the gayest thing in the world. So with the new film Hot Tub Time Machine, opening Friday, about four idiots somehow bestowed the opportunity to travel back to the 1980s, when everything was good in the world, it’s like, Who gives a damn?.
While John Cusack & Co. talk about seeing their bare asses on gay porn sites, Cusack also reveals he’s well aware of just what type of movie he’s starring in, telling Entertainment Weekly, “[T]he homophobia is so obviously coming from the total masculine inferiority of the main characters. I mean, homophobia is funny because it’s the ultimate fear of so many guys. Like, God forbid they should be gay! Anything that makes the characters look stupider seemed to work.”
Are the cheap laughs as “wink wink” as, say, Bruno‘s? Not so much.
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Nick
Maybe they included homophobia for historical accuracy
Mr. Enemabag Jones
2010 and Hollywood douchebags are still defending anti-gay jokes. Spin all you want, you pathetic has been–if a movie came out depicting any other minority in a negative way by whites, that movie would never be seen. Yet, it’s perfectly ok to trash GLBTQ’s.
Nicholas
Well said, Mr. Enemabag Jones.
dellisonly
This is surely the death nail in the career of John Cusack. Hot Rod and Sex Drive had homophobic sophomoric humor in them as well. Did they turn a profit?
Motard
Hot Tub Time Machine has much more wrong with it than falling back on good ole’ tired gay panic comedy.
It’s clearer when you spend more time thinking about all the missed comedy oppoertunities, rather than, you know — laughing.
I find it more offensive that a cast and crew that I want to like do such a mediocre job.
Don’t be offended by the tepid gay panic jokes, be offended that the movie, by and large, just isn’t that funny.
RJ
Much a do about nothing. The movie was great. I walked in expecting to cringe, but soon realized it wasn’t even worth the fuss.