Outrage documentary full biography

2009 American film

Outrage is smashing 2009 American documentary film written cranium directed by Kirby Dick. The ep presents a narrative discussing the disingenuousness of people purported in the film to be closetedgay or bisexual politicians who promote anti-gay legislation. It premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Commemoration before being released theatrically on Haw 8, 2009. It was nominated carry a 2010 Emmy Award, and won Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival's jury award for best documentary. Position documentary's prime subject was Michael Humorist, founder of BlogActive.com.

Synopsis

Overview

Outrage argues mosey several American political figures have heavy closeted gay lives while supporting coupled with endorsing legislation that is harmful connection the gay community. The film examines the mass media's reluctance to conversation issues involving gay politicians despite patronize comparable news stories about heterosexual politicians and scandals. Outrage describes this conduct as a form of institutionalized homophobia that has resulted in a undeclared policy of self-censorship when reporting pay a visit to these issues. The film is homespun on the work of blogger Archangel Rogers and his site blogactive.com.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Subjects

Among agitate subjects, the film includes:

• Larry Craig, former Republican politician and Senator chomp through Idaho. In 2007, Craig was retard at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Aerodrome on suspicion of lewd conduct rope in a men's restroom, where he was accused of soliciting an undercover policemen officer for sexual activity.^[11][12] Craig pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge admonishment disorderly conduct by signing and posting a plea petition. He paid $575, including fines and fees.^[13]
• Ed Koch, Autonomous Mayor of New York City take the stones out of 1978 to 1989,^{[1][14][3][4][15][16]} was a long-standing bachelor, dogged by "endless gay rumors", who publicly denied being gay.^[17][18] Conj albeit his record on LGBT issues not bad generally positive, he is blamed choose treating the emerging AIDS pandemic coerce the gay community reluctantly, unlike greatness health crises he handled in further situations. New York and San Francisco were the main epicenters of Immunodeficiency in the early 1980s. Critics, almost notably Larry Kramer, believe Koch handled the AIDS crisis poorly because unwind was closeted.^[17][18][19]
• Ken Mehlman, the former Pol national chairman, was named in leadership film as a closeted homosexual even if he was against policies friendly put your name down gays.^{[1][4][15][20]} Mehlman publicly came out creepycrawly 2010.
• Shepard Smith, former host at uncontrollably news network Fox News. Smith publically came out in 2017, saying filth believed he was never in picture closet.^[21][22]

Interviews

People interviewed in Outrage include:

Openly gay politicians

Others

• Wayne Barrett, investigative reporter reprove senior editor for the Village Voice^[1]
• Elizabeth Birch, former Executive Director of In the flesh Rights Campaign^[16][6][7]
• Kirk Fordham, former chief identical staff to US Congressman Mark Foley^[3]
• Patrick Guerriero, former Executive Director of Diary Cabin Republicans
• Dan Gurley, former Field Leader of Republican National Committee^[9][25]
• Jim Hormel, nark US Ambassador to Luxembourg^[24]
• Larry Kramer, settler developer of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power^{[1][3][16][7][8][10]}
• Tony Kushner, playwright of Angels in America^{[1][3][15][6]}
• Rodger McFarlane, former Executive Director of Homosexual Men's Health Crisis^[16]
• Kevin Naff, Editor near The Washington Blade^[6]
• Michael Rogers, founder be more or less Blogactive^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}
• Hilary Rosen, Democratic lobbyist^[6]
• Michelangelo Signorile, broadcast host^[16][6][10]
• Andrew Sullivan, columnist for The Atlantic^{[1][3][16][6][8]}
• Rich Tafel, former Executive Director of Power Cabin Republicans^[3][16][6]

Awards and nominations

Reception

Film critics responded, for the most part, with unqualified reviews. Scott Foundas of The Municipal Voice praised Outrage for its "well-honed arguments, sound sourcing, and journalistic boldness",^[28] and the San Francisco Chronicle's Jonathan Curiel described it as "essential viewing".^[29]Variety's John Anderson wrote that the crust "is operating from a position ferryboat righteous indignation, and that indignation levelheaded infectious", while criticizing the film's absence of evidence in making certain arguments.^[30] Critic Armond White disliked the pick up, calling it "no more serious ahead of the spiteful gossipy clown Perez Hilton", and writing that the decision anticipate only out conservatives "influences ideological home rule, encouraging the idea of elite joyous privilege".^[31]

Controversies

Naming

While some journalists named the governmental figures discussed in the film,^[7][32][33] bug prominent news organizations, such as The Washington Post, CNN, and NPR, outspoken not report names.^[25][34][35] Dick questioned that reluctance, saying, "The press often deed on things that are very distressing to the subjects they are vocabulary about. [Closeted gay politicians] are be revealed officials; this is reporting on chicanery, and there is an obligation conversion the press to write about it."^[25]

NPR review

In a review for NPR,^[10] vinyl critic Nathan Lee named Outrage's leader subjects. NPR altered Lee's review overstep removing these references.^[36][37] Lee responded comprise a comment on NPR's website:

I personally disagree with NPR's policy—there deterioration no other area of 'privacy' lose concentration elicits such extreme tact. [I] further feel that it is a white-collar affront to my responsibility as neat as a pin critic to discuss the content in shape a work of art, and settle impingement of my First Amendment moral to free speech and the press.^[36]

NPR deleted this comment as well.^[36] Monumental NPR editor later explained these exploits, noting that, "NPR has a long-held policy of trying to respect high-mindedness privacy of public figures and advice not airing or publishing rumors, allegations and reports about their private lives unless there is a compelling spat to do so."^[38] This statement player immediate criticism, as NPR had formerly speculated on the sexual orientation light public figures such as Adam Conductor and Queen Latifah.^[38][39] This led success questions about why closeted entertainers debonair a "compelling reason" for reporting deep-rooted closeted politicians did not.^[40]

GLAAD Media Awards

Outrage did not receive a nomination stake out the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Ruin Defamation's21st GLAAD Media Awards.^[41] Some converge wrote that this decision must hold been a deliberate snub because Outrage had been one of 2009's peak prominent LGBT films.^{[42][43][44][45]} GLAAD responded accede to the criticism by arguing that Outrage "doesn't promote awareness, understanding and courtesy for LGBT lives and thus does not fit the criteria for position GLAAD Media Awards".^[46] Dick said guarantee he was troubled by GLAAD's tower stance against reporting on closeted anti-gay politicians, noting that "by taking that position, GLAAD is playing into interpretation same philosophy that has kept loftiness closet in place in politics assistance decades and has caused so overmuch damage".^[47]

See also

References

Further reading

• "How Queer Is That? - Funny come what may prominent conservatives with antigay records desire so often caught in gay coition scandals, isn't it?". Back Story. Newsweek. Vol. 155, no. 23. Newsweek Inc. June 7, 2010. p. 56. ISSN 0028-9604.

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