The social worker that showed this movie to a kid about to be adopted was a complete idiot.

Given my experience with social workers and adoption “advocates” who are social workers, I’d have to answer No, there aren’t even requirements that social workers posess common sense… in fact, in Michigan, the only requirement is that you do a minimal job, work 65 hrs a week and screw-up everyone’s life while “saving” no one’s life.

But hey, I’m a little biased.

I hate when Hackman’s character’s near the end asks that his leaving abruptly will not affect their vote. His character is from Ohio and the gay characters live in Florida.

Am I the only one who hated that movie?

It was one of those movies that I didn’t like the first time I watched it.

I’m sorry?

A social worker showed *The Birdcage* to a child as representing what “gay parents are like”?

I mean jeez, I like the movie (a lot) , but I would be freaked out by the idea of either sets of parents (not to mention Ally McBeal and ‘Val’) raising me.

I suppose one should be grateful if she doesn’t show ‘Flowers in the Attic’ to a young children about to go live with their grandmother. Don’t they have requirements for social workers?

Once upon a time, in the bad old conservative times, on the Canadian Prairie, a child of an unwed mother was called a “catch-colt.”

Sometimes I think the Left has huge problems with projection: that is, in American Beauty, the repressed gay neighbour is a right wing militaristic monster. Lefties seem to enjoy defining their enemies as ‘gay’. They may dress it up with “repressed”, but that is only decoration.

And the American Left worships Obama only BECAUSE of his race… what is in the guy’s head is of no importance to them.

As to the Cage aux Folles, even with subtitles, was a wonderful comedy.

“Karras, you faithless swine… your father barebacks in Hell”

“I need an old priest, and a young priest. Actually, make that two young priests… and an altar boy.”

I’m still waiting for the gay-version of Sabrina, with Linus attempting to distract his chauffuer/private helicopter pilot’s son from his younger sister, and it’s the son who finds Linus attractive instead. The key would be not to have Linus in the closet or denial, but perhaps still mourning some long-ago loss. It’s the son who should have the revelation at the end of the movie.

I love the first and the second La Cage. The final scene of La Cage II won best scene at Cannes.

Jeez I am showing my age!

Jeb

I can’t tell you the number of times of I’ve heard supposedly liberal AnnArborites share with me that they “understand” gay parents because of the characters portrayed in Birdcage. Honestly, I think it’s done more harm than all the laughs it musters from those with the tolerance to watch it.

It’s like hearing someone watch an OliverStone movie and explain that they now understand why Cuba, the Mob, the Army, LBJ or the Russians wanted Kennedy dead. With equally naive, compassionate straight faces too.

Don’t underestimate the power of Hollywood to misinform the masses.

Since I been fighting with the idiot Leftists all my life, I always had the impression that the Leftist view Republicans in the absolutely worst way imaginable.

And I didn’t think Mr. Hackman looked fat at all in that lovely white number he wore at the end. BTW, Mr. Hackman is a former Marine. Ooh rah!

No.

When my adopted son was about nine, his social worker was thinking of placing him with a gay couple, so she made him watch ‘The Birdcage’ to see if he would be receptive to that arrangement. The answer: Not so much.

it’s just a story.

No Republicans were harmed in the making of this film.

his extremism helped accentuate the culture clash, making the film more outrageous and definitely more entertaining

So, in other words, he made a good foil, antagonist, villian?