Racial minorities do go to movies and find themselves hammered with racist dialog all the time. Have you ever seen a Quentin Tarrantino film? Every other word is “nig–r” this or that.

Yes and a lot of those slurs are thrown around by African-American actors. how often are anti-gay slurs used by queer actors?

And, the racial stereotypes abound in BIG blockbusters. Did you see Michael Bay’s “Transformers”? Anthony Anderson delivered a performance that only Step’n'Fetchit could surpass.

Anthony Anderson is black. Harvey Fierstein once said he didn’t mind playing a sissy, because he was one in real life. Now, if Mr. Anderson was playing blackface, you’d have a pertinent point. He’s a black actor taking back the crude way blacks were portrayed for decades in Hollywood. If I were a black actor I would OWN Sleep ‘n’ Eat performances with pride and in honor of Willie Best, and to show how far black actors have come.

Oh, did I forget the Simpson’s and their unapologetic anti-Indian slurs where they have white actor Hank Azaria playing Abu the Indian convenience store owner?

Yes, but the Simpsons make fun of everyone. They are today’s All In The Family. I have never seen anything on the Simpsons that offends me, because everyone is made fun of, thus everyone is part of the joke, rather than the butt of the joke.

Let’s also not forget the endless special episodes of crime shows that take place in mysterious, dangerous Chinatown, where our guest star Asian actor helps bring down the evil Chinese mobster who is either into drugs or sexual slavery!! Undoubtedly, the episode will feature graceful wind chimes and reed instruments.

Yes, and again, those actors are Asian. No more Paul Muni–an excellent actor and one of my faves–playing Wang Lung with ridiculous eye make-up and pronouncing his R’s as L’s.

There are also the standard episodes where nearly all white casts have a black guest star,

A black guest star. Not a white one playing black.

who, of course, must play either a sports figure or rap musical artist/club promoter, or religious figure? How many episodes have you seen where as soon as there is someone black, the show starts playing soulful gospel music?

Honestly? Not a lot. But then again, Canada has several all black cast shows that are very real. However, for every “special” episode with a black guest star rapper/athlete/preacher/dealer, there is a Steve Harvey show which is still brilliant even today.

My point is, I wouldn’t have a problem with gay slurs if gay actors had more opportunities to play these types of characters. But apparently, it’s not acting for gays to play gay. Yet it’s acting for blacks to play black and so on. That’s horse shit.

You obviously are very perceptive.

Thanks Always Gay. We’d be surprised how many gay people feel like this. Unfortunately, these feelings are usually dismissed as anger by our detractors, as if anger is a bad emotion.

John,

Racial minorities do go to movies and find themselves hammered with racist dialog all the time. Have you ever seen a Quentin Tarrantino film? Every other word is “nig–r” this or that.

And, the racial stereotypes abound in BIG blockbusters. Did you see Michael Bay’s “Transformers”? Anthony Anderson delivered a performance that only Step’n'Fetchit could surpass.

Oh, did I forget the Simpson’s and their unapologetic anti-Indian slurs where they have white actor Hank Azaria playing Abu the Indian convenience store owner?

Let’s also not forget the endless special episodes of crime shows that take place in mysterious, dangerous Chinatown, where our guest star Asian actor helps bring down the evil Chinese mobster who is either into drugs or sexual slavery!! Undoubtedly, the episode will feature graceful wind chimes and reed instruments.

There are also the standard episodes where nearly all white casts have a black guest star, who, of course, must play either a sports figure or rap musical artist/club promoter, or religious figure? How many episodes have you seen where as soon as there is someone black, the show starts playing soulful gospel music?

“Life is too serious to be taken seriously.” – Oscar Wilde

Justifying the use of the word faggot is just no longer justifiable no matter how hard you try, straight folks.

I’m sick of gay for pay actors, too, and their generic, boring responses to the same questions as if it’s even remotely interesting.

Yeah, tell me about it. I thought the advancement of queer equality was suppose to help queers, not help hets get great roles playing queer characters, while queers actors remain in the closet.

it’s just a collective acceptance of oppression…it’s screams hypocrite.

I think it was Kevin Smith, or some such douchebag director, who when asked why he doesn’t use racial slurs, stated that it was “too obvious”, whatever that means. But anti-gay slurs are what?–the epitome of brilliance?

Blush :)

Exactly! “Crash” was the least racist, racist movie I’ve ever seen. Yet apparently it was a “learning” movie that was suppose to teach us about ourselves.

Aaaaaand that would begin with O’Connor’s portrayal of Archie Bunker in “All in the Family.”

Imagine trying to get that made today. It would be devoid of wit, style and any semblance of reality. AITF, like Mel Brooks in the 70′s, made fun of everyone, thus making everyone part of the joke. Not like today, where only certain people are held up for ridicule.

Timothy, why should LGBTQ’s have to go to the movies, only to be hammered with anti-gay slurs? Racial minorities and religious minorities know that when they go to the movies, they will not be hearing racial/religious slurs–unless it’s their own race doing the slurring.

Queers, however, have to listen to hets use anti-gay slurs that were written by hets, directed by hets and financed by hets. If this happened to any other minority, it would be called bigotry. It happens to us, and it’s called acting.

Characters in movies don’t say, “that’s so jungle bunny” because no one in life says that.

Yes, and when can we expect that to happen to us? As long as Hollywood has decided that queers are a viable target, we will always hear anti-gay slurs. Other minorities did a fine job in slapping Hollywood down and putting it in our place. Queers apparently control Hollywood, and we’re the ones who get slapped down.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
–Agnes Repplier

Exactly.

But we would not expect that no characters in movies show the form of subtle racism that is reflected in society. Characters might comment about “asian drivers” or might point out a black guy in an expensive car and say, “huh, I wonder if he’s a rapper or just a pimp”. Because these forms of racism exist in abundance.

Just like “that’s so gay” is abundant. And an actor making such a slur in a movie is a reflection on the character being played, not on the actor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlPZq8llJJ4

As for the rest, blah. I’m sick of gay for pay actors, too, and their generic, boring responses to the same questions as if it’s even remotely interesting.

“fugees and funions…”

@WestWing: i typed my comments and read your after! we’re thinking the same same thing…interesting

and

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. – Mignon McLaughlin

and lastly,

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. – Max Eastman

Okay. Sure. How about:

“Don’t text me; it’s kike.”

“Paging Dr. Nigger.”

“Don’t text me; it’s jungle bunny.”

“Paging Dr. Jew.”

Because we hear comments like that all the time in the flicks.

Aaaaaand that would begin with O’Connor’s portrayal of Archie Bunker in “All in the Family.”

Like I wrote in another thread, Al Qaeda should have flown the planes into the Hollywood sign; America would have been a better palce for it.