Video Blog: Religulous Protest

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On Saturday night, a group of protesters picketed the premiere of Larry Charles' Religulous, the Bill Maher anti-religion documentary. I caught some footage of the protesters in action (above). I was initally told that they were trying to have the screening shut down. So when I went over to interview them, I'll admit that I was probably a little aggressive in my questioning. But it turned out that the protesters weren't anti-free speech after all. And while I might not agree, I respect their stance. I've just never understood the practicality of the idea of protests against movies. Doesn't it always end up bringing more attention and publicity to the films in question? And the third clip shows Maher's funny response when someone asked during the Q&A, if he had hired the protesters to promote the film.

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