The Gay barber Would Not Fly Today
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curlymst3000 — 10 years ago(March 29, 2016 12:13 AM)
If The Rock was made today, I guarantee you that it would be condemned by the PC police for insensitivity because of the gay stylist. It was ok to poke light-hearted fun at gays in the 90s, but the media will crucify you for it now. Sorry, that's just the ridiculous climate we live in.
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eddie2001 — 10 years ago(February 28, 2016 11:00 PM)
It's a Michael Bay movie. There is always one stereo typical character for comic relief. It will either be a gay barber, a disgruntled overweight african-american woman, or an east-Asian tourist. Watch Pain & Gain, Armageddon, Bad Boys 2, or the Island. Usually happens during the chase or explosion scene.
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AprilValen — 9 years ago(May 05, 2016 04:15 PM)
I presume you mean the character of Cam. (And what a stereotype, that you think one member of a gay couple is the "wife!")
What is funny about your statement is that Eric Stonestreet who plays Cam is straight. So you're a bit off with your supposition that a gay actor is willing to play a flamer.
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The-Last-Prydonian — 9 years ago(May 17, 2016 10:42 AM)
Personally I think people need to seriously lighten up. It was only a minor role and it was hardly as if there had to be any kind of great character development there. He was there for comic relief and effective comic relief at that. This is the problem today, we're creating a society of cry babies where everyone get's upset or offended by the slightest thing and I say this as someone who has gay friends.
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Tahoe93 — 9 years ago(July 10, 2016 05:04 PM)
If they remade the movie today, they'd even out the stereotyped character by having him suddenly save Sean Connery from an FBI guy with a backhanded fist punch. Then he'd deliver a cool action hero line good for a laugh.
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MrBullo — 9 years ago(August 01, 2016 06:51 PM)
I would be interested to know how many gay people complained about the stereotype. Seems to me that non-gays presume that it is offensive. Similar principles apply to assumed racial insults ie. Do-gooders think that they know the feelings of those "wronged" better than those who were allegedly "wronged".
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yihdzelonh — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 01:24 AM)
When you say that the 'gay' man 'wouldn't fly' is that because 'gay' people don't like airplanes? What forms of transportation do 'gay people' like, instead? Locomotives? Submarines? Carriages? Motorcycles?