Sandler Takes Movie To Gay Groups
by Jewtastic Staff July 17th, 2007Filed in: Film
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Funnymen Adam Sandler and his acting pal Kevin James have taken their new movie to the leaders of US gay rights groups - to make sure the release wouldn’t be rocked by protests.
The two stars play fire fighters who pretend to be a gay couple so they can receive domestic partner benefits in I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry.
And James reveals the pair was so concerned the comedy would upset gay groups, they screened it for them well ahead of the film’s release date in an effort to make sure they wouldn’t be offending anyone.
“We screened it for GLAAD because we certainly didn’t want to offend anybody in any way. The main reason of this movie is really just to make people laugh and that’s all we wanted to do,” he says. “When you pick a subject like this, you’re honestly gonna have to walk that line and you want to show what it’s like out there.”
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I’ve no doubt that Kevin James and Adam Sandler have plenty of Gay friends and are supportive of fair treatment for Gay individuals and couples … but I still think this project is pretty ill-advised. Tax-paying Gay Americans have been patiently making their case for equal treatment for decades, demonstrating through example that Gay couples are as equally deserving of legal support as our Straight counterparts. These issues we take very, VERY seriously … much too seriously for filmmakers to play them up for laughs. I’ll try to reserve judgment until I hear more about this movie, and if the film opens up a few minds, so much the better. But as Han Solo would say, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”