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Originally Posted by sparky
Cringe inducing ? Perhaps. Going to earn the movie another 5 million ? At least. Important event in terms of the mainstream acceptance of the movie ?
Absolutely. And I will explain why I think so.
The Okra seal of approval is a big assed deal to many of her, what (70 million worldwide?) viewers. She is a cultural phenomenon. Since the second arm of marketing of this film is directed at women, and 90% of her audience is women, the ones who may not have friends who have seen it or read a review will likely go in herds to see it. Unless they are nutbag religious extremists (most of whom would never watch her anyway), the movie is likely to move them immensely.
What will this accomplish ? A lot, and it is a ripple effect. Let's face it - as far as social mores and emotional rules in households go, women rule this country and most of the world. Although there are some straight guys out there who seem genuinely terrified, and perhaps rightly so, that seeing two handsome masculine men kiss is going to make them want to suck dick, many of these women are going to drag their husbands and/or boyfirends along with them to see it.
It will make an impact on them.
After seeing something like this film, it is pretty impossible to think of gay people as subhuman beings who exist only to pursue sex, act like pale imitations of women, and be clowns on sitcoms. It humanizes gay men. In the lives of people who see this movie, they are not going to think the same way about the subject anymore. They will not be so likely to reject and abuse a child who is gay or a family member who is gay. Even if a straight guy still feels like it, the women won't put up with it. And like I said, women rule the roost. So, yeah. This is a big deal. It will make some lives better right now, and many in the future. Just a movie ? Certainly not ? Just a daytime TV show ? Hardly.
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I don't disagree; I just said it's going to make for vapid television viewing simply because it's Oprah.
She possesses a remarkable ability to take great things and boil them down to nothing but numbers on her current It List. Half the time will be spent talking about whether or not the kissing scenes were awkward and blah blah blah. I hardly expect any real discussion about the movie itself other than "The script was so beautiful" and the standard lines given on these talk shows. Is it great that a movie like this is being exposed to such a huge audience via Oprah? Of course it is and, like you said, I'm sure people will go out and see it simply because she stamped her seal on it, which will probably change some minds out there. But I still doubt this particular show will make for stimulating viewing. Not with Tyler Perry on the same ****ing show.