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Topic: Brokeback Mountain Pulled From Local Theatre
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Mike Spaeth
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From: Marietta, GA
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posted 01-13-2006 11:01 AM
quote: Lyle Romer
Not hiring a person because they were gay does.
While you are correct ... it does violate their personal rights, sexual preference is not a federally protected status.
However, anyone that intentionally does not hire someone due to their sexual preference is not running a very good business. Same would go for, say, not hiring blondes. Sure, you could set that policy if you wanted to (it would probably get tested in court), but business-wise, it's a bad policy to be setting. I want the best people working for me, whether they're blue, green, purple, black, white, male, female, shemale, heterosexual, homosexual, S&M enthusiasts, whatever.
BTW, has the "sexual orientation" employment discrimination been tested in court yet? I'm sure one of these days, it'll jump up on the list with race, religion, ethnic background, etc.
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Mike Spaeth
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posted 01-13-2006 04:21 PM
From http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635175790,00.html
Yanking film shows Miller's inconsistency
By Chris Hicks
Deseret Morning News
Hey, you know this guy. You know him well enough, anyway, to know that his yanking "Brokeback Mountain" from his Jordan Commons theaters was a knee-jerk reaction.
That's car-dealer/Jazz owner Larry Miller, of course.
A week or so ago, after being told by a radio talk-show host that one of his theaters was scheduled to open "Brokeback Mountain" last Friday, and then being apprised of the R-rated film's story — about a pair of cowboys who enter into a gay relationship — Miller decided to cancel his contract for the film.
Unfortunately, it was too late to cancel Friday's newspaper ads, so when people got wind of it, Miller was both vilified and called a hero.
Perhaps I'm alone in thinking this isn't much of a news story — and judging from the ink it's generated, that seems to be the case — but what's the big deal?
And why have people been dropping the c-word . . . "censorship"?
This is not censorship. This is a movie finding itself in three of the county's venues instead of four.
Last Friday, the movie was still playing in three other local theaters — the Broadway downtown, the Century on 3300 South and State, and another multiplex that's right up the road from Jordan Commons, the Cinemark Theatres at Jordan Landing.
Oh, it was probably a dumb thing for Miller to do, especially the way he did it. At the last minute, after the ad was already in the paper, so that people showed up at Jordan Commons to see the film and were turned away.
Turning away customers — that can't be good for business.
And will someone in the mood to see "Brokeback Mountain" really want to settle for "Hostel" or "The Chronicles of Narnia"?
On the other hand, you can get from Jordan Commons to Jordan Landing before you can say, "The Jazz are winning again."
Anyway, let's not kid ourselves. Miller's quick decision was not a business decision. Does it make good business sense to pull "Brokeback Mountain" when it's already on its way to becoming a box-office blockbuster? Especially when you're still showing "The Work and the Glory: American Zion" to a virtually empty auditorium every night?
But, hey, it's his theater. And if he wants to show "The Work and the Glory" on every screen — or sell Edsels in his auto dealerships — that's his prerogative.
I'm not going to get into stone-throwing, as some people already have, about Miller's restaurants serving liquor or his theaters being open on Sunday. Judge not, I say.
But I do find it curious that he pulled "Brokeback Mountain" — a film that has won many awards and is well on its way to being the Oscar front-runner — while allowing others to continue to run, including such indefensible sleaze as "Hostel" and "Grandma's Boy."
On the other hand, if it's just because "Brokeback Mountain" is a gay-themed film . . . and it is, though no one will say so . . . perhaps Miller should become better informed about some of the other products he's selling.
Both "The Family Stone" and "The Producers," which have been at Jordan Commons for several weeks, have very strong gay themes.
And Miller's TV station KJZZ shows daily reruns of "Will & Grace" — a very raunchy sitcom and a prominent gay program — at 6:30 p.m.! That's not just the "family hour" — it's before the "family hour."
It's hard to imagine that he's this ill-informed about the cars he sells.
Still, I don't really care what he does with his theaters — and if he had done what he did a day earlier, no one would have noticed or cared.
What's most noticeable here is Miller's lack of consistency.
Miller's not talking, of course. He'd like this all to go away.
But it would be interesting to hear what made him decide that "Brokeback Mountain" was worse than all these other shows.
That is, if he's even aware of the other shows.
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I really feel sorry for these people who feel the need to defend their own homophobia. If the movie is not your cup of tea, then don't go see it. There's also no need to talk about how insignificant 100 million dollars is either.
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