Controversy over 2013 Tropfest Winner

[Vitamin]

.........I don't know how I feel about this. My mouth is just hanging open in bewilderment. I'll make a judgement call, and get back to you guys later.

 

[Kulindahr]

I'm sure a compassionate intelligent person could think of a dozen different ways to satirize "reality TV" that doesn't involve an apparently successful attempt to homo-shame. I think the film needs to end with our protagonist telling Harry that he feels no embarrassment or shame for having sex with a man - given the context - but rather that he feels chagrined for having been duped by someone who lied so and misrepresented himself. "I had a really good time with you - I hadn't laughed like that in ages. I was seriously reconsidering my sexuality, I was thinking about asking for another date - until you had to ruin it by being false. Goodbye, Harry, and... good riddance, Helen."

That works, since they had to ruin a good film.

 

[ravenstar]

I agree ixthrock. The film maker could have salvaged it if the main character, when told by the shrew of an ex-girlfriend that he'd just slept with a guy - had said something like "Yeah, so what" or "And he was better than you ever were". Instead of linger shots of his arse as he cowered and rolled amongst the sheets in shame.

 

[Kulindahr]

I agree ixthrock. The film maker could have salvaged it if the main character, when told by the shrew of an ex-girlfriend that he'd just slept with a guy - had said something like "Yeah, so what" or "And he was better than you ever were". Instead of linger shots of his arse as he cowered and rolled amongst the sheets in shame.

Nice touch.

 

[ravenstar]

thanks Kulindahr, it must be the writer coming out in me. I hate films that don't end properly lol.

 

[Kulindahr]

thanks Kulindahr, it must be the writer coming out in me. I hate films that don't end properly lol.

I hate ones that end stupidly, and that's what this did. IMO, any film that ends degrading anyone that hasn't done anything wrong ends stupidly. Any ending that shafts people trying to degrade others is good.

Kinda like this:

 

[ravenstar]

I hate ones that end stupidly, and that's what this did. IMO, any film that ends degrading anyone that hasn't done anything wrong ends stupidly. Any ending that shafts people trying to degrade others is good.

Kinda like this:

Loved the commercial, thats the sort of ending Bamboozled could have had if the film maker had the guts to right the script properly.

 

[LilBit]

^I also love that ad. It's much more effective in film format than as a simple joke.

 

[Kulindahr]

Loved the commercial, thats the sort of ending Bamboozled could have had if the film maker had the guts to right the script properly.

Quite so. He could have had platinum, but settled for cheap plastic.