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Title: GLAAD vs. 'Glee': Is '->-bleeped-<-' a bad word?
Post by: Butterfly on November 03, 2010, 05:11:29 PM
Post by: Butterfly on November 03, 2010, 05:11:29 PM
GLAAD vs. 'Glee': Is '->-bleeped-<-' a bad word?
03 November, 2010
by Darren Franich
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/03/glaad-glee-->-bleeped-<--controversy/ (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/03/glaad-glee--%3E-bleeped-%3C--controversy/)
lee and Jersey Shore don't have much in common. One show features peppy outcasts with a song in their heart. The other features gym-freak beach bums dancing on the grave of western civilization. But both have come under fire recently from GLAAD for the same offense: making fun of transsexuals. The Jersey Shore outcry makes some sense — when the gang talked about The Situation's dalliance with a transgender woman, their cultural sensitivity level hovered somewhere between "Drunk Winston Churchill" and "Drunk Fifth-Grader" — but the organization's stance against Glee is a bit more complex.
03 November, 2010
by Darren Franich
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/03/glaad-glee-->-bleeped-<--controversy/ (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/03/glaad-glee--%3E-bleeped-%3C--controversy/)
lee and Jersey Shore don't have much in common. One show features peppy outcasts with a song in their heart. The other features gym-freak beach bums dancing on the grave of western civilization. But both have come under fire recently from GLAAD for the same offense: making fun of transsexuals. The Jersey Shore outcry makes some sense — when the gang talked about The Situation's dalliance with a transgender woman, their cultural sensitivity level hovered somewhere between "Drunk Winston Churchill" and "Drunk Fifth-Grader" — but the organization's stance against Glee is a bit more complex.