Will Smith's Hancock: Using "homo" as an insult hurts gay people
Bilerico Jul 03 08
Editors' note: Damon Romine is the Entertainment Media Director over at GLAAD. Check out GLAAD's blog Cinequeer for more updates about queer images in the entertainment industry.
Will Smith + July 4th weekend = box office success.
Unfortunately, the millions of audience members who take their family to see Smith's Hancock will have to hear the obnoxious, drunk anti-hero utter an anti-gay slur.
At approximately 24 minutes into the film, while Jason Bateman's PR whiz works to rehabilitate the superhero's tarnished image, he shows Hancock three comic book images in an effort to inspire him. Full story...
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