No More 'Dilemma': Universal to Pull 'Gay' Trailer

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 8th 2010 02:15PM

After pointed criticism from CNN host Anderson Cooper beget a flood of negative headlines, Universal Studios has told the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) that they are pulling a controversial trailer for the film 'The Dilemma' that uses the word "gay" in a derogatory way.

GLAAD expressed concerns about the trailer prior to its release to YouTube and theaters, however, the studio chose to keep the line in the preview. But now that the joke has ignited an unexpected backlash, the studio "assured us that the offensive joke will be removed from TV and media campaigns promoting the film from this point forward, including the trailer currently playing in movie theaters," according to post on GLAAD's blog.

In the preview, Vince Vaughn's character uses the word "gay" to describe electric cars. "I mean, not homosexual gay," he corrects. "But my-parents-are-chaperoning-the-dance 'gay.'"

Criticism from the likes of Cooper, who called the word's use "unacceptable," reportedly caught Universal off guard. A studio insider told Deadline Hollywood that they "showed the trailer to gay groups like GLAAD and gay executives here and gays in our marketing department and no one was offended and everyone had a positive response."

But GLAAD spokesman Richard Ferraro told PopEater on Friday that claim was "inaccurate" and that "GLAAD does not and did not support this trailer."

'The Dilemma,' directed by Ron Howard and co-starring Kevin James and Queen Latifah, is set to hit theaters on Jan. 14.

Tags: glaad, the dilemma, Vince Vaughn

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Saturday 09 October

By pdubya

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Anderson Cooper didn't have a problem calling Tea Party members "teabaggers" while on the air...repeatedly, and snickering as he did it. Knowing full well what it meant, he in essence was calling them c-s'ers, and he is offended by this trailer? Think what you want of those people, they're still people. There is no place for that (Anderson Cooper's) double standard. Tolerance goes both ways.

Monday 11 October

By ryan

I don't understand Vince Vaughn's secondary definition of the word "gay".

It would have been better to straight-up stereotype gays by saying the cars are "gay" because that's who drives them. And DelSols. And Miatas.

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