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He is not holding a mirror up to homophobes, but being one and so this should be presented in a context of hie homophobia and its damage to himself and others. There is then, little merit to his supposedly comedic routine, and its intent is questionable.

There was no ill intent and it is clearly literature.īy contrast, Murphy is trying to get laughs through nothing more than mean spiritedness and hate and has no insight offered beyond a view of his own ignorance about gay men and HIV. Clearly it was the way people spoke at that time and in the places he wrote about and just as clearly the characters were in valid, accurate interactions with each other. If you recall, there was a controversy several years ago over the teaching of Mark Twain’s books in their original form (which included white characters referring to black characters with the “n-word”).

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80s hateful prejudice in full jdboston617: There is a question of intent, as well as artistic merit. “Can’t believe all the messed up things he says about AIDS, including saying how you’ll catch AIDS from your girlfriend if she kisses her gay friend. “The most homophobic stand up routine I’ve ever seen,” says another. I was disgusted by it and couldn’t watch more than five minutes. “This needs to be taken off this site immediately. ‘AIDS?! But I’m not homosexual!’, ‘Sure you’re not homosexual!’.”Īs Pink News reports, the film has loads of one-star reviews from shocked Netflix viewers who were unaware of the content.

“And then when her husband, like five years later, Somebody says, ‘Mr. One night they could be in the club having fun with their gay friend, give them a little kiss. “It petrifies me because girls be hanging out with them,” he says. The antigay jokes continue as Murphy admits he’s “scared of gay people” and suggests straight men could get AIDS if their girlfriends kiss gay men.

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