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Written by Alex Cho
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
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 Oh, George. Stick to what you're good at. Like making cool-looking ships fly around in space and minting money off the merchandising rights. Not dealing with these pesky things called "characters" or "dialogue."
Why the rant? MTV's movies blog broke the news that in the new Star Wars flick (it's animated), Jabba the Hutt's cousin, Zero, is basically a big ol' gay stereotype. He's purple, with light blue tattoos, and a peacock feather behind his head. But that's not the tip-off:
Zero the Hutt, a new character introduced specifically for the upcoming
animated series, is a gay stereotype that makes what Jar Jar Binks
represented to the island of Jamaica look subtle by comparison. It’s
not the look or design that pushes it over the top into stereotype, of
course, but the voice (performed by Corey Burden), a lispy,
high-pitched twang purposively reminiscent of Truman Capote.
Apparently Lucas himself wanted the Hutt to have a ridiculous gay accent.
But just because Zero the Hutt is a stereotype, that doesn’t actually
make him the first gay “Star Wars” character, [Director Dave] Filoni insisted. He’s
actually not straight either, but biologically asexual.
Ah, so it's better to have a gay stereotype appear in a Star Wars film than an actual, seriously-treated gay character. Great logic, there.
Does Lucas just not get the irony of his perpetuating offensive stereotypes in a galaxy far, far away? Or is this some sort of master plan? Judging by how defensive Lucas gets when questioned about the strange persistence of Earthly stereotypical characters in his films, he probably just doesn't get it. Time for some intergalactic sensitivity training, methinks.
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Written by Alex Cho
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
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Has Jake been pumping perhaps a little too much iron for his starring role in the upcoming Prince of Persia film? Or is he just right? You decide:
[Pics via JustJared]
I bet Reese is having fun with her newly-minted studpuppy. And...um...is that a codpiece in his pants, or is he just happy to see the cameras?
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Written by Alex Cho
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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If you missed the final bit of the Olympic swimming competition last night, you missed an epic moment in the men's 4x100 freestyle relay. The heavily favored French team—including anchor Alain Bernard, who publicly stated that they wold "crush" the Americans—lost by a fingertip to the US team, including lead-off swimmer Michael Phelps.
US anchor Jason Lezak came from behind in a dramatic finish to edge out Bernard. (Oh, and by the way, Lezak is 32. Nice to see a champion athlete at the Olympics who was born before the '80s.)
What I want to know is: Was anyone else at least a little weirded out/turned on by Phelps' strange full-body flex celebration? I've never been a champion athlete, so I don't know if it is customary to flex every muscle in your half-naked body ala 300 for the whole world to see when your team wins an upset. So that's what 0% body fat looks like!
Across the country, a million men are are thinking, "Damn. I need to get back to the gym."
ALSO:
If you caught any of the thrilling opening ceremonies on Friday night, this is of interest: The New York Times does a very interesting profile of Zhang Yimou, the prolific Chinese film director who spent the last two years of his life orchestrating the extravaganza. (Zhang might be best-known stateside for his film Hero.) The NYT addresses his flip-flop politics head-on; he rose to fame making films that were hyper-critical of the Chinese regime, several of which are still banned in China today.
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Written by Alex Cho
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
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Ouch! Nancy Pelosi said on ABC's "This Week" Sunday that she would choose Texas congressman Chet Edwards for Obama's running mate.
More, from the Dallas Voice:
“I hope he will be the nominee,” Pelosi said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
Edwards scored a 15 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s most
recent Congressional Scorecard, putting him in a three-way tie for
least gay-friendly among 11 Democratic House members from Texas.
“As a husband and a father, I believe that marriage is a sacred union
between a man and a woman and I will support efforts in Congress to
protect the sanctity of this union,” Edwards said in a press release
posted on his Web site.
Ugh. A vote for Obama will always be a vote for gay rights compared to a vote for McCain. But I hate it when that's taken for granted and we're buried in order to appeal to a "centrist" crowd. Hope this doesn't happen.
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Written by The Risque Sommelier
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
Wine: Pierre Chainier 2005 Vouvray, Loire, France
Alcohol Content: 12%
Price: $10
Pairs Fabulously With: A perfect harmony of artisanal goat cheese, fresh strawberries and raspberries, dried apricots and spicy candied walnuts
Starting with just the sound of the word...it is beautiful, romantic and poetic: Voov-rah. Ah, but this is not just a vapid pretty name. It’s more than just a wine—it is also a region and a town, both in France, as well as a type of grape. More specifically, it's the alias for Chenin Blanc, or if you happen to be a local, Pineau de la Loire. Vouvray has essentially three appellation designations which classify the wine from very dry to very sweet, the driest being sec, the sweetest being moelleux, with demi sec right in off dry middle. Most of the sec Vouvrays are relatively obscure in their younger years but age extraordinarily well (when well-cellared). This young and sexy sec Vouvray tripped across Risqué’s tongue with delight, as does the rhythm and meter of a charming poem.
The very pale yellow but glistening Vouvray is profuse with a nose of tangy lime, sweet quince and beautifully floral morning honeysuckle. The medium-bodied liquid is eloquently filled with crisp, ripe green apple, wild miele honey, warm, tree-ripened apricot, with citrus zest lending to a tangy grapefruit-filled flinty finish.
Risqué’s mouth fills with the tangy remembrance of this charming sustained stanza, this lovely lyrical sonnet. It leaves summer dripping from the corners of Risqué’s longing lips!
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