After this aired a few weeks ago, Anderson Cooper wasn't really feeling it:
The issue first surfaced earlier this week on Anderson Cooper's CNN show "Anderson Cooper 360," which has been conducting a week-long series on bullying, following a series of suicides by gay teens.Once the news hit, Universal decided to change the trailer:
On Monday night's broadcast, Cooper mentioned that he was surprised to see the word "gay" used for a gratuitous laugh line in the trailer, and CNN legal correspondent Jeffrey Toobin seconded that opinion.
During a subsequent appearance on "Ellen," Cooper singled out the film again, saying, ""I was sitting in a movie theater over the weekend and there was a preview of a movie, and in it, the actor said, 'that's so gay," and I was shocked that not only that they put it in the movie, but that they put that in the preview. They thought that it was okay to put that in a preview for the movie to get people to go and see it."
Universal is pulling the current trailer for "The Dilemma," starring Vince Vaughn, amid an outcry over its use of the word "gay" as a pejorative.
The studio said Friday morning that it will replace the trailer by the end of the day. "The teaser trailer for 'The Dilemma' was not intended to cause anyone discomfort. In light of growing claims that the introduction to the trailer is insensitive, it is being replaced. A full trailer, which has been in the works for some time, will post online later today," the studio said.
No word if they will remove the scene from the movie.
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3 comments:
I'm dubious as to whether they'll take the scene out of the film, but I am certain that they should.
I'm all for freedom of speech, expression, and no censorship of art. If they want that scene in the movie.. fine.
But in the trailer? That was bad taste.
When myself, and another friend, a gay male, went to see Wall St 2, I saw this trailer for the first time. And yes, I was shocked. I like Vince Vaughn, but I was not feeling that scene, and even more so to have poor Queen Latifah have to sit there and smile during that stupid speech- then embrace it.
I won't support the movie if that scene is left intact.
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