Well I guess the media will again stick their head in the sand and say there is no gay agenda in Hollywood despite the winners at last night's Golden Globes.
Brokeback won best picture, best screenplay and best director. Copolte, a movie about a gay man, garnered best actor for the guy portraying the gay man. The lead actress in Transamerica, a movie about a man who has a sex change to a women, won best actress.
So the top five prizes of the night all go to movies that deal with homosexuality and their hard plight of rejection, but no agenda being pushed, right?
To bad I'll be in Iraq for the Oscars and miss all the unbiased awards for that fun-filled night.
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if you're going to criticize fine cinema, please educate yourself as to the movie titles that are the subject of your attack.
The movie is "Capote," not "Copotle"
You HAVE heard of Truman Capote, yes?
Sorry for the mispelling...I almost looked it up before posting and guess I should have.
Actually I have never heard of Capote, but his story wasn't the point of my post.
I take it, Southpaw, that you dispute the point that Hollywood is pushing an agenda by awarding the top prizes to these three movies? Two of which, I had not even heard of until the nominations came out.
well the fact that you haven't even heard about the movies that were nominated speakes volumes about your authority on the issue. =)
It may speak about my ability to judge the worth of the movies, but it speaks nothing to the point of the post.
For arguments sake, let's say those five awards were truly deserved. It still points to Hollywood as pushing a gay agenda if they produce so many gay movies and do their absolute best work when working on gay movies.
If Hollywood were only reflecting society there would only be at most one percent of movies with a gay character in it being that is the supposed to be percentage in America. However there are way more gay characters than that as reflected just this year.
So to say that Hollywood is pushing a gay agenda has nothing whatsoever with whether or not I've heard of certain movies or not.
CT-
you're logic is so incredibly flawed. Hollywood makes many movies about moronic teenage hijinks. Are they pushing an agenda for teens to to have pre-marital sex and drink while underage? Hollywood makes movies about killers and murderers. Are they pushing an agenda that promotes murder? Hollywood makes a lot of movies about fantasy and magic. Are they promoting a society of witchcraft?
These are not "gay movies"- they are movies with gay characters. Capote was not made because the man was gay. It was made because he wrote one of the most famous books in American history. That fact that you have never heard of him leads me to question your intellect and the quality of education you have received. Yes, he was gay- but the movie does not depict a single homosexual act, and in only a few scenes is his sexuality addressed.
Since when does hollywood represent society? Since when is that their role? It's entertainment. Even "true stories" are embellished.
True, you do not need to see these movies before you make your point. But it would strengthen your argument. Knowledge of a subject's background is a powerful weapon in one's arsenal if they wish to construct a plausible argument.
What do you have against a "gay agenda" anyway, supposing it did exist?
Sorry for the delay in responding, but in light of recent developments and getting ready to leave for Iraq, I'm sure you understand.
My orignal post did not say the movie itself was pushing a gay agenda. It was the huge hype and all the awards they got over every other movie last year.
I just find it hard to believe that of all the movies made last year, that the three best just so happened to deal with gay issues. That is where the agenda is pushed in my opinion.
As far as the movie itself, you are right in that it is entertainment. It is our responsibility to see or not see movies that clash with our values.
However there is also more and more gay characters in movies and TV than ever before and that gets close to pushing agendas by trying to make it more and more "normal".
You can't say in response to that they are just reflecting society. If that were true less than 1% (if you believe the figures of amount of homosexuals in the country) of shows would have a gay character, yet nearly every one does on TV and more and more in movies.
"What do you have against a gay agenda anyway, supposing it did exist?"
The biggest problem I have with more and more avenues that are pushing the gay agenda is that it is an effort to make the homosexual lifestyle more and more normal and acceptable.
Obviously I'm a Christian and I believe homosexuality is not natural or genetic because it says in the bible that it is against God's will and He would not create something that is against His will.
However let's assume for a minute there is no God and homosexuality is genetic. I have minors in chemistry and zoology, so I can speak with a level of authority on this topic.
If it is genetic, what is it? It obviously isn't the proper genetic way the person was supposed to be born because as an animal the second highest instinct is reproduction.
According to Darwin anything that doesn't enhance the species dies out, so if it did happen it would die out and not be increasing according to evolutionary theory.
Secondly if it does happen, being it isn't beneficial or the proper way it should have been formed genetically then it is a genetic mutation. What are some other genetic mutations...cancer, diabeties, down's syndrome, etc.
How do we react to all other mutations? We look for a cure. So if homosexuality is genetic and it obviously isn't the way the gene was supposed to be formed, then why aren't we looking for a cure?
So while there is no proof it is genetic and I personally don't believe there ever will be, then there is no reason to give any special privileges to anyone who just claims to be homosexual. If we ever do find a specific genetic link that can be proven over and over to always be accurate then we should look for a cure like all other mutations.
In the meantime, the proper attitude for me as a Christian is to pray for the individuals who are caught in the lie of homosexuality that they realize the error of their ways and turn back to a moral lifestyle, like we should do for anyone living in sin.
This is not a position of judgment, but one directed in Ezekiel 33:7-9 to point out sin to those unaware that they are living in sin.
Sorry for such a long comment, but this really isn't a good format to discuss such an important topic.
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