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Raised in a rural town in central Mexico, Elena describes her family as “farm folk?? struggling to make a living. She attended local Catholic schools with her two brothers, but at age seven, her parents decided it was time for a radical change...
...however, it makes no attempt to cast Cash as a legend in the making, choosing instead to focus on his humanity. Nothing is overdramatized, a wise choice when dealing with a man with a voice like sandpaper who sang for “good Christian folk?? and inmates alike. It is this same popular appeal of Cash’s which makes the film appropriate for a wide variety of audiences. Whether you grew up belting out “Ring of Fire” or are an absolute newcomer to Cash’s music, his life...
...term’s long history of pejorative usage, the controversy is also due to the “very blasé way” in which television shows such as “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and “Queer as Folk?...
Let’s face it: shows like “Queer Eye” and “Queer as Folk?? weren’t created to represent Joe Homosexual in Fargo. They’re intended to entertain, to be fabulous, much like “Sex and the City” and “Friends.” Do we honestly believe that Carrie Bradshaw or Rachel Green represent the average heterosexual woman? Where’s the outrage there? I have a sneaking suspicion the genuine concern is related to image. What...
...starters, there are, by my count, only three predominantly gay series currently on TV (“Will and Grace,” “Queer Eye,” and Showtime’s “Queer as Folk??). Add to these one gay-themed network (I’m being conservative and not counting E!) and a pay-per-view channel available only to DirecTV’s 11.5 million American subscribers, and it’s clear that gays are not, in fact, taking television audiences hostage. Beyond being patently absurd...