Is Gay The New Retarded?
Heath Ledger’s tight-lipped performance as a repressed gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain" seems sure to catapult him to the realms of acting royalty even as Dick Cheney (R.-Wyo.) scrambles to explain decades worth of fishing trips in undisclosed Wyoming locations.
And who could argue?
Performances by this true "Cinderella Boy" and his willing femme Jake Gyllenhaal are convincing indeed. In fact, when semi-violent sodomy erupts 20 minutes into the flick, its almost like thier not acting at all.
But still, all this Oscar talk begs the question, has playing gay replaced playing retarded as Hollywood’s Oscar "ace in the hole" To find out, a short walk down Oscar lane is in order:
The rash of retarded oscar winners/noms began in 1988, going to Dustin Hoffman for his role in "Rain Man". Though Hoffman was no newcomer, he broke the genre open for a slew of unkonwns to capitalize with variations on the theme.
1993 - Leonardo DiCaprio as a retarded adolescent in "What's eating Gilbert Grape";
*1996 - Billie Bob Thornton as a challenged murderer in "Slingblade", this pig-faced hick not only received an oscar nomination but went on to bed both Agelina Jolie and Holly Berry;
*1996 - John Malcovich in "Of Mice and Men"
2001 - Sean Penn in "I am Sam" - nominated but did not win. Already the tides were turning . . .
In *2003, Charlese Theron won her landslide Oscar for playing a fat whore who rubs rugs with Christina Ricci while slaughtering some 40 men in "Monster", thus dawning a new era homo dominated acting honors.
So is Ledger as much a sure-shot for an Oscar as he was for Gillenhaul?
NO
There is one other factor at work here. Astericts in the list entries denote retards and or homos who were also murderers. Without this key combo nothing is definite.
One thing is certain, Hollywood’s finest and most shameless will be clamouring to get a piece of this unexplored goldmine of acting acclaim. Some upcoming roles to look for:
Luke and Owen Wilson as Bowie and Jagger in "Start Me Up",
Nick Cage and Bill Paxson as down and down airline pilots in "Mile High"
Vin Deisel in "Chelsea Club Doorman"
Tom Cruise as himself
And who could argue?
Performances by this true "Cinderella Boy" and his willing femme Jake Gyllenhaal are convincing indeed. In fact, when semi-violent sodomy erupts 20 minutes into the flick, its almost like thier not acting at all.
But still, all this Oscar talk begs the question, has playing gay replaced playing retarded as Hollywood’s Oscar "ace in the hole" To find out, a short walk down Oscar lane is in order:
The rash of retarded oscar winners/noms began in 1988, going to Dustin Hoffman for his role in "Rain Man". Though Hoffman was no newcomer, he broke the genre open for a slew of unkonwns to capitalize with variations on the theme.
1993 - Leonardo DiCaprio as a retarded adolescent in "What's eating Gilbert Grape";
*1996 - Billie Bob Thornton as a challenged murderer in "Slingblade", this pig-faced hick not only received an oscar nomination but went on to bed both Agelina Jolie and Holly Berry;
*1996 - John Malcovich in "Of Mice and Men"
2001 - Sean Penn in "I am Sam" - nominated but did not win. Already the tides were turning . . .
In *2003, Charlese Theron won her landslide Oscar for playing a fat whore who rubs rugs with Christina Ricci while slaughtering some 40 men in "Monster", thus dawning a new era homo dominated acting honors.
So is Ledger as much a sure-shot for an Oscar as he was for Gillenhaul?
NO
There is one other factor at work here. Astericts in the list entries denote retards and or homos who were also murderers. Without this key combo nothing is definite.
One thing is certain, Hollywood’s finest and most shameless will be clamouring to get a piece of this unexplored goldmine of acting acclaim. Some upcoming roles to look for:
Luke and Owen Wilson as Bowie and Jagger in "Start Me Up",
Nick Cage and Bill Paxson as down and down airline pilots in "Mile High"
Vin Deisel in "Chelsea Club Doorman"
Tom Cruise as himself
2 Comments:
you forgot the combo of gay +retarded, like the hobbits in lord of the rings.
Cant forgot one of America's favorite retards....Forrest Gump. I think your next post should definitely be about penguins and people's bizarre facination with them.
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