
Movie Trailer #2: Ron Howard’s ‘The Dilemma’; GLAAD Gets Universal to Pull Original Trailer
Posted on Sunday, October 10th, 2010 by Adam Quigley
“Ladies and gentlemen, electric cars… are gay. I mean, not ‘homosexual’ gay, but, you know, ‘my parents are chaperoning the dance’ gay.”
Offensive, or just offensively unfunny?
The former, according to GLAAD, and the latter, according to me. This is the line that opens the first trailer for Ron Howard‘s upcoming comedy The Dilemma, and it’s caused some controversy amongst those trying to fight against the use of the word ‘gay’ as an openly accepted pejorative. (The new trailer, meanwhile, can be found after the break.) Read More »