Christian School Disowns Brokeback Mountain Actress...

[Blue Belle]

'Brokeback' Star Slammed by Former School
http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-03-03/

<SNIP>Brokeback Mountain actress Michelle Williams has been disowned by her former school because of her role in the controversial gay cowboy romance. Williams, who attended exclusive Santa Fe Christian School in San Diego, California, has been blasted by the school's headmaster as "offensive" for acting the long-suffering wife of a homosexual ranch hand, played by Heath Ledger. Jim Hopson has branded the Oscar nominee a poor role model, and hopes his education establishment won't be linked to the film's themes. He tells the San Diego Union Tribune, "We don't want to have anything to do with her in relation to that movie. Michelle doesn't represent the values of this institution. Brokeback Mountain basically promotes a lifestyle we don't promote."

Imagine how pissed off they'll be if she wins Best Supporting Actress... :eyes:

[Beelzebud]

1. disowned by her shchool? LOL

I'm sure she'll really lose sleep over being "disowned" by a school she doesn't even attend at this point in time. :D

[zbdent]

2. If I were her (and won for BSA)

I would mention the "disowning" in the speech . . .

[Benhurst]

12. No, she should thank them for making her

everything she is today. :rofl:

[mark11727]

15. "...and to the administration of Santa Fe Christian School..."

"...who disowned me for participating in this movie, I FORGIVE YOU, because that's what Jesus would want me to do."

:evilgrin:

[Blue Belle]

27. Ding, ding, ding!! We have a winner!!

That would be PERFECT!! :)

[mark11727]

29. Hey, it beats going all Vanessa Redgrave batshit crazy on them...

[Blue Belle]

30. Vanessa Redgrave went batshit crazy on them??

Where was I??

[mark11727]

33. My memory's a little hazy on specifics, so I "wikied" this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Redgrave

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In 1977, Redgrave funded and narrated a documentary film on the plight of the Palestinian people. That same year she starred in the film Julia, about a woman murdered by the Nazi regime in the years prior to World War II for her anti-Fascist activism. Her co-star in the film was Jane Fonda who, in her 2005 autobiography, noted that "there is a quality about Vanessa that makes me feel as if she resides in a netherworld of mystery that eludes the rest of us mortals."

<snip>

Redgrave's performance in Julia garnered an Academy Award for Best Actress. However, belligerent members of the extremist organization, the Jewish Defense League (JDL), chose the awards' ceremony in the spring of 1978 to protest against both Redgrave and her support of the Palestinian cause.

Aware of the JDL's presence outside, Redgrave, in her acceptance speech, denounced all forms of totalitarianism, and noted that she would not be intimidated by "a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums whose behavior is an insult to the stature to Jews all over the world." Her statement was greeted by both applause and boos from the audience.

Later in the broadcast veteran screenwriter and Oscar presenter Paddy Chayefsky told the audience members that “there's a little matter I'd like to tidy up... at least if I expect to live with myself tomorrow morning. I would like to say that I'm sick and tired of people exploiting the Academy Awards for the propagation of their own personal propaganda. I would like to suggest to Miss Redgrave that her winning an Academy Award is not a pivotal moment in history, does not require a proclamation and a simple ‘Thank you' would have sufficed.” He received thunderous applause.

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And IIRC, Chayefsky also gave us "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!", so righteous indignation seemed to come fairly naturally to him.

Anyway, I was using the Vanessa Redgrave story as an example of presenters and/or acceptees soapboxing at the podium.

Sometimes you get Tom Hanks talking about AIDS after Philadelphia, sometimes you get Vanessa Redgrave talking about angry protesters, and sometimes you get Paddy Chayefsky, just plain angry.

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. Don't forget Marlon Brando

[mark11727]

38. Oh yes, Sacheen Littlefeather with a statement...

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Oh what losers

She was playing a straight white married woman. :eyes:

[Blue Belle]

6. Yes because... playing a straight, white, married woman...

to a closeted gay man NEVER happens to Christian Women (especially the evangelical ones).

[havocmom]

4. Bet she's boo-hoo-in' all the way to the bank

What, they think they own her? What about that free will thing? Do they ever think about that? It's been in all the Bibles, hasn't it?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. how the hell does a school "disown" someone?

Since when did they ever own anyone?

[Blue Belle]

17. "Educational Institution"?? Really??

Well... it would seem they got the "Instution" part right. I still question the "Educational" aspect.

[Warpy]

7. Let's see, she's being disowned for acting the role of a good

Christian woman who has found herself married to a homosexual man who is trying to fight off that horrible defect he sees within himself but is obsessed with another man and unable to do so.

And they blame HER?

Oh, I forgot, it's always the wife's fault, even when she's only a fictional character.

[stepnw1f]

8. Psssst... you don't own students.

[rodeodance]

9. oh America--I hardly recognize you somedays.

[biscotti]

10. How pathetic!

Closed minded bigots.

[Hardrada]

11. Mental midgets!

They must feel so threatened.

[Midlodemocrat]

13. She should wear a tee shirt emblazoned with the school's name to

the Oscars. That would be fucking hilarious.

[CoffeeCat]

14. The "headmaster" doesn't speak for the students....

...and I bet many of the students don't share this neanderthals' unenlightened opinions.

[triguy46]

16. "Disowned?" You can be owned? Oh yeah,

sure you can, politicians are bought and sold every day. Bush sold us down the river long ago.

[progressivebydesign]

18. SFCS has recalled all yearbooks, apparently.

They have volunteer Christians standing by in the gymnasium, with black markers, ready to cross Williams' face out. :rofl:

[Rose Siding]

19. Christian Disowns Headmaster of Christian School that Disowns Williams

I'm playing Ownership Society ;)

[Touchdown]

20. There's real Christian values right there

They don't support a lifestyle of poor parents with 2 kids, living above a laundromat.:sarcasm:

[mmonk]

21. Is American Christianity just a socially acceptable hate group?

[Booster]

22. These people need to get a grip on reality. They don't mention

that she married her co-star and they now have a little baby. Simple minds just can't seem to grasp the difference between reality and a good story. I didn't think Brokeback Mountain promoted homosexuality, and I do hope she wins the Oscar, then she can say neener neener. You've got my vote, Michelle; you were great.

[tsuki]

23. Take Jimmy a check. He'll get over it.

[melissinha]

24. she also had a "bastard child" by Ledger

Wonder if that had anything to do with it as well?

[Ilsa]

35. Imagine if she had had an abortion! nt

[Bridget Burke]

25. Many religious schools can supply fine educations...

But this one emphasizes Biblical interpretation of subjects like Science & Social Sciences. It's also about 98% white.

I wonder if Doctor Michael is long for the faculty?



http://www2.sfcs.net/teachers/upper-school-teachers/dr-michael.aspx

[sinkingfeeling]

26. This seems like a headmaster hunting for any publicity he can

find. Who the hell would have known she ever attended the school if he didn't make a big production of 'disowning' her?

[Blue Belle]

28. I bet the enrollment of Homophobes is up...

at this school now that he has garnered so much press.

[Bluebear]

31. Fine. They can refund her tuition, then.

Bastards.

[Blue Belle]

34. Absolutely....

if the school is too good to accept her, then it's certainly too good to accept her money.

[Blue_Tires]

32. since when did schools 'own' people?

[fleabert]

36. 100 bucks no one even saw the movie.

if they did, they would have been happy with her characters homophobic dialogue.

[Warren DeMontague]

39. Yeah, well, Christian Schools generally promote a lifestyle

that I don't promote, too.

Who cares what they think. Fuck 'em.

[Sydnie]

40. I had no clue where she went to school before they disowned her

Now I do. They outted themselves to the rest of the world. Kudos to them for doing to themselves what they didn't want her to do to them. :rofl:

[ekelly]

41. how stupid

Jim Hopson has branded the Oscar nominee a poor role model, and hopes his education establishment won't be linked to the film's themes. He tells the San Diego Union Tribune, "We don't want to have anything to do with her in relation to that movie. Michelle doesn't represent the values of this institution. Brokeback Mountain basically promotes a lifestyle we don't promote."

Um....a public tantrum is not a very smart way of keeping his establishment from being linked with the film and the actress.

[mitchum]

42. Maybe if she tells them that she still believes in white flight...

they will be somewhat mollified.

[Obamarama]

43. Guess they can kiss that big fat alumni check goodbye.

FUCKING CHRISTO-FASCISTS!!

There...I feel better now.