How Hollywood Vilifies Gays

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Not only can a man not marry his dog, but a man who chooses to do so must be put down. This is what our conservative society expects to hear from our friends and neighbors and as a consequence expect all to follow that principle. In the film Philadelphia, a bigot group of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants are so intolerable towards homosexual relationships, that they are willing to frame an old friend to get rid of them. Similarly to I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry or Brokeback Mountain, Philadelphia puts the lead homosexual as a protagonist while ignoring the fact that the general view is that of an antagonist. Similar to how a villain fails to win over the charming princess; a gay character is always left at a disadvantage: Andrew Becket dies for being gay, Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine mock the gender by taking advantage of it for money, and Jack dies for being a “queer.” Hollywood is not ready to accept the popular belief that our society has a positive ideology on homosexual relationships. The American nation stands behind its fear of diversity with closed fists. This is a nation formed with antiquated ideals of freedom, which sought religious freedom without paying concern to exactly how much freedom their own religion actually provided. “For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh. And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame” (New International Version,Gen 2.24-25), this passage from the Bible illustrates how marriages are supposed to be only between a man and a women, and if it is done otherwise, you should be ashamed for committing a sinful act. The majority of the media in the United States is predominantl... ... middle of paper ... ...in an Antiblack World" Multicultural Film: an Anthology Spring/Summer 2011. By Kathrin K. Cashin and Stacy L. Tanner. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Pub., 2011. 169-175. Print. Shaheen, Jack G. “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People" Multicultural Film: an Anthology Spring/Summer 2011. By Kathrin K. Cashin and Stacy L. Tanner. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Pub., 2011. 247-263. Print. Moddelmog, Debra A. “Can Romantic Comedy Be Gay? Hollywood Romance, Citizenship, and Same-Sex Marriage Panic" Multicultural Film: an Anthology Spring/Summer 2011. By Kathrin K. Cashin and Stacy L. Tanner. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Pub., 2011. 317-332. Print Navarro, Mireya. “Out in Hollywood: Starring Roles Are Rate” Interview with Jason Stuart. The New York Times. Web. 26 Sept. 2008 New International Version. [Colorado Springs]: Biblica, 2011. BibleGateway.com.Web. 3 Mar. 2011

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