"Bruno" Reinforces Negative Gay Stereotypes

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	"Bruno" Reinforces Negative Gay Stereotypes

David Hughes

7-11-2009 8:32 PM

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David Hughes says:

It's only a movie! Surely all movies "reinforce stereotypes"?

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7-11-2009 8:47 PM

chestnut501

Of course, reinforcing a positive stereotype is great, but reinforcing a negative one that is so overwhelmingly not true of almost all gays is just sick. This is like a white guy putting on blackface and going to the NAACP for an endorsement.

7-11-2009 8:56 PM

David Hughes

I meant, of course, other negative stereotypes. For instance, Mafia characters are negative and nobody kicks up a fuss about them!

7-11-2009 10:55 PM

chestnut501

I thought thats what you meant.

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