Hey! Didja know that the Mayans were "mankind's earliest civilization?" Yep, it's true! Everything that existed before 3114 BC was just practice. There must have been nothing in Mesopotamia, China or Egypt back then, because...hey, Hollywood said so! Don't believe me? Check out the trailer of the new Hollywood disaster movie 2012:
Okay, sarcasm aside, I do have to admit the movie looks cool and I love a great disaster flick, but I'm just worried that this crapola is going to cause more damage and panic among those who can't think for themselves. Remember Y2K?
One thing I do wish they had done different. A lot of "end of the world" movies Hollywood has put out has usually featured a black president as if to show that hey, it may be fiction, but it could happen. (Ex: Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact.) Anyway, now that we do have a black president in office, why not cast a white actor for the role? Hey, it could happen.
Oops, there's that sarcasm again.
--->Susan
Showing posts with label hollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hollywood. Show all posts
23 October 2009
14 December 2008
Bromance Vindicated
A couple of months ago, I ranted about Hollywood's hypocrisy of portraying the "Bromance" relationships between two heterosexual men while at the same time perpetuating homophobia.
However, I am insanely pleased and almost downright giddy at the reversal of this trend in allowing the great bromance between Boston Legal's Denny Crane and Alan Shore to come to its logical end in the series finale when Denny and Alan got married.
While on the surface, the purpose behind this marriage was to secure Denny's interests as he progresses in the horrifying disease he's been struggling with for years, it emphasizes why we must continue to fight for equal rights. In states other than Massachusetts, people are being denied the rights that Denny wanted to grant to Alan, that of power of attorney and tax-free inheritance among the thousand others. Even when a group tried to block their marriage license from being granted on the grounds they were two heterosexuals trying to take advantage of a legal loophole, the judge rightly ruled that it is not the place of the courts to determine why a couple wants to get married. It was right because for Denny there is not another human being in the world he trusts or loves more than Alan. Even if they never had or ever will, want to have sex with each other doesn't matter. There is a lot more to love and marriage than just what goes on in the bedroom. Boston Legal proved that point beyond a shadow of a doubt with Denny and Alan.
So, kudos to Boston Legal and William Shatner and James Spader and to Hollywood for bringing us the wonderfully bromantic story of two men to a close who, even though they might be heterosexual, obviously share a damn lot of love and affection for each other and are not afraid to show the world. What a wonderful slap in the face of homophobia. Well done!
--->Susan
However, I am insanely pleased and almost downright giddy at the reversal of this trend in allowing the great bromance between Boston Legal's Denny Crane and Alan Shore to come to its logical end in the series finale when Denny and Alan got married.
While on the surface, the purpose behind this marriage was to secure Denny's interests as he progresses in the horrifying disease he's been struggling with for years, it emphasizes why we must continue to fight for equal rights. In states other than Massachusetts, people are being denied the rights that Denny wanted to grant to Alan, that of power of attorney and tax-free inheritance among the thousand others. Even when a group tried to block their marriage license from being granted on the grounds they were two heterosexuals trying to take advantage of a legal loophole, the judge rightly ruled that it is not the place of the courts to determine why a couple wants to get married. It was right because for Denny there is not another human being in the world he trusts or loves more than Alan. Even if they never had or ever will, want to have sex with each other doesn't matter. There is a lot more to love and marriage than just what goes on in the bedroom. Boston Legal proved that point beyond a shadow of a doubt with Denny and Alan.
So, kudos to Boston Legal and William Shatner and James Spader and to Hollywood for bringing us the wonderfully bromantic story of two men to a close who, even though they might be heterosexual, obviously share a damn lot of love and affection for each other and are not afraid to show the world. What a wonderful slap in the face of homophobia. Well done!
--->Susan
11 October 2008
The Bromance Double Standard
It always amuses me when something so unique to fandom (any fandom) becomes mainstream. I've been seeing the term "Bromance" turning up more and more, especially in regards to House and his friendship with Wilson. And sure enough, when I picked up this week's TV Guide from the mailbox this morning, there it was...a pic of Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard along with the headline: "Isn't It Bromantic?"
Geez, who's writes these headlines?
The article itself was an interview with the two tossing back and forth jibes. Laurie seemed to say that if the producers wanted to explore the sub-text between the two characters a bit more he would not mind. However, Leonard was seemingly homophobic about the whole thing, in fact his answer to the first question "Can this bromance be saved?" was "Is everyone obsessed with homosexuality?"
Yeah, sorry Bobby but we are. Hollywood has always had a problem with depicting intimacy between two men so is it any wonder that we look for it where we can? And what I really do object to is the double-standard of the whole thing. Why have we never headlines in TV Guide talking about the "sismance" between women characters. We've certainly had them going all the way back to Lucy and Ethel. Again, it's because Hollywood is NOT afraid of depicting intimacy between two women.
It's that kind of hypocrisy that really gets me.
--->Susan
Geez, who's writes these headlines?
The article itself was an interview with the two tossing back and forth jibes. Laurie seemed to say that if the producers wanted to explore the sub-text between the two characters a bit more he would not mind. However, Leonard was seemingly homophobic about the whole thing, in fact his answer to the first question "Can this bromance be saved?" was "Is everyone obsessed with homosexuality?"
Yeah, sorry Bobby but we are. Hollywood has always had a problem with depicting intimacy between two men so is it any wonder that we look for it where we can? And what I really do object to is the double-standard of the whole thing. Why have we never headlines in TV Guide talking about the "sismance" between women characters. We've certainly had them going all the way back to Lucy and Ethel. Again, it's because Hollywood is NOT afraid of depicting intimacy between two women.
It's that kind of hypocrisy that really gets me.
--->Susan
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