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Vince Vaughn Says Censorship Of Gay "Joke" From Dilemma Trailer "Divides Us"
Posted on Fri Oct 15, 2010 05:30 AM PDT
After Universal Pictures pulled the derogatory use of the word "gay" from their Dilemma trailer at the behest of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, the film's star, Vince Vaughn, is speaking out.
The actor made a comment which seems to say he wants the "joke" to stay: "Let me add my voice of support to the people outraged by the bullying and persecution of people for their differences, whatever those differences may be. Comedy and joking about our differences breaks tension and brings us together. Drawing dividing lines over what we can and cannot joke about does exactly that; it divides us. Most importantly, where does it stop."
GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios responded with the following:
- “Jokes can bring people together, but they can also push us apart. When 'gay' is used as a pejorative, it frequently sends a message - particularly to youth and their bullies - that being gay is wrong and something to laugh at. We invite Vince Vaughn to work with us and help ensure that gay youth and those perceived to be gay aren't put in harm's way by such jokes.”
Do you agree?
When is comedy just comedy or when making potentially offensive jokes, is it always a social/political statement?
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Comments
As a comedian, he should know that "timing is everything," and this is just not the time, culturally, for those sorts of jokes.
5:43 Bullshit!! Pretty soon we won't be able to say "bugger". We certainly all need to work on being "culturally correct" at all time. Maybe we should all become dumb ass sombies and not communicate at all.
There is nothing more appropriate than making fun of Homos....Ha...Ha...Ha...
seriously this is getting a way outta hand. Don't talk about this don't talk about that, we are starting to live in a communist country, you can't do that and you can't do this. Everyone has the freedom of speech, but it seems freedom of speech is only when it fits the conversation.
absolutely agree! Thank you Vince!
..being a F*GGOT is a very serious & disgusting case indeed!!!
sure, some women are GAY and I love them for that.
BUT MEN WHO ARE GAY SIMPLY DON'T EXIST. BECAUSE THE ONLY THING WHAT MATTERS TO THEM IS A SPLENDID WORKING C*CK!!
Everybody is waaaaaaay toooo sensitive these days, lighen up people.
Vince and the film do have freedom of speech and can say what they want. The public however doesn't have to like it and desn't have to go see the film if this turns them off. The films producers have made their choice......
It would be ONE thing if it were FUNNY. It wasn't...it falls COMPLETELY flat and sounds quite ignorant.
The studio is gay for censoring the trailer. Fagg ots have no sense of humor.
Enjoy your AIDS.
Faggerts will eat man ass, but take offense to a film's dialogue? Pathetic.
I just feel a lot better when gays aren't around me!
i totally agree with him!! the fact that everyone is so sensitive causes racism and discrimination! everyone brings up the fact that a black man is president as if they should be surprised. it doesnt matter what colour he is and the fact it keeps being brought to light creates racism. the fact that gays cant take a joke or desensitize the word creates discrimination. bullying is different, this is just stupid.
This is retarded.
What is retarded is that that they think that is a joke.
TEAM VAUGHN.
The Media started the GAY WAR and AMERICANS have had ENOUGH of the PC POLICE.
And this, from the same koolaid sipping libtards that bash Christians day in and day out on blogs......irony much
What ever happened to "free speech"?; the liberal antics are way out of line. Let's be so PC that you cannot say anything. Look at the broads on the view yesterday--walked off their own show's set cause they could not take someone else's opinion.
I agree with Vince
What ever happened to the free market place? The company made the change to please their customers. It's called capitalism.
Before you know it people will censor the line "Make the yuletide gay" from the xmas song Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. People who are gay really need to research what the term Gay actually means since the word is in a xmas song.
Words can have several meanings. You need to reasearch that....
lol! @ 7:33
10:08...you're exactly right! Gays should be called homos because that's what they are! They took the word "gay" and not to mention something as beautiful and natural as a rainbow and made it their own. There is nothing beautiful or natural or gay(happy) about being a homosexual. nothing.
it is funny BECAUSE it is politically inncorrect. That is the nature of comedy. Not all gay people will find it offensive, because they can see the irony.
The more you try to protect gays' feeling, the less respect they get.
It makes gays look like spoiled whinny little girls who can't take anything. Even little girls nowadays are stronger, tougher and have more attitude than gays.
Do you really want to make gays look wimpy by sheltering them like babies.
Gays only want to use the gay word when it benefits them....when it doesn't it offends.
As PC as we would all like to be, it's very difficult. I agree with Vince; I think comedy is a good way to minimize the tension of sexual orientation, but it's hard to determine where to really draw the line. I can see how saying "that's gay" would be a derogatory and demonstrative of something that is negative. That's how it typically is used. I agree with 11:23, but can also 5:43.