Anti-Gay Humor In New Vince Vaughn Movie

If you haven't seen the preview for Vince Vaughn's new movie, The Dilemma, you probably already know what to expect.  What you wouldn't expect in the first five seconds of the preview is a gay joke.  Check it out:


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After protests from a number of groups, including GLAAD, Universal claimed that they pulled the ad off of the internet and all theatres this previous weekend.  I happened to find the above video within 30 seconds.  In fact, when doing a Google search for the trailer, I was able to find the original trailer before finding the re-cut trailer that didn't have the joke.

If the recent wake of LGBT youth suicides has taught us anything, it's that words can hurt.  Faggot is the new N-word.  Universal would obviously never allow that joke with the word faggot, but gay was fine.  Likewise, they wouldn't have used the N-word in a joke, but they wouldn't use the word black either.

At this point, Universal is refusing to take the joke out of the movie.  GLAAD is petitioning the studio to remove the offensive content from the film before it's January release.  What can you do?

1. Take Action Now:  Click here to sign your name to an email to Universal Pictures and urge its representatives to remove offensive anti-gay language from the upcoming movie "The Dilemma"

2. Twitter users, please click here to post this tweet.

3. Share this page, http://www.glaad.org/thedilemma, on Facebook