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Film Outs Pols, Draws Fire From All Sides

Documentary that targets Crist has even gay groups worried

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted May 8, 2009 12:39 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Outrage isn’t a conventional summer blockbuster, but its central aim will surely prove explosive: outing prominent politicians who have opposed gay causes. “It’s the responsibility of journalists and filmmakers to report on hypocrisy wherever they see it,” director Kirby Dick told the San Francisco Chronicle. His targets include Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former New York Mayor Ed Koch.

The film focuses on Republicans, which the GOP sees as evidence of partisan smearing and “the utmost contempt for the people who have made the sacrifice of being in public office,” one official said. And memories of persecution die hard, cautioned a lesbian activist. "I'm not going to condemn those people unless they use their power as a public official to hurt their own community," she said.

NEW YORK - APRIL 25: Director Kirby Dick attends the Tribeca Film Festival 2009 portrait studio at DIRECTV Tribeca Press Center on April 25, 2009 in New York City.
NEW YORK - APRIL 25: Director Kirby Dick attends the Tribeca Film Festival 2009 portrait studio at DIRECTV Tribeca Press Center on April 25, 2009 in New York City.   (Getty Images)
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is among those targeted by director Kirby Dick in Outrage.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is among those targeted by director Kirby Dick in "Outrage."   (AP Photo/Meet The Press, Alex Wong)
Florida Governor Charlie Crist arrives at the 2008 Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Crist welcomed the GOP governors Wednesday morning as the three-day summit opened at the Intercontinental Hotel.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist arrives at the 2008 Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Crist welcomed the GOP governors Wednesday morning as the three-day...   (AP Photo/John Watson-Riley)
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is among those targeted by director Kirby Dick in Outrage.
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is among those targeted by director Kirby Dick in "Outrage."   (Getty Images)
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When a member of Congress goes on vacation and is on the beach holding hands with his partner, they're out in public. And if they want to get married, we'd love them to be a part of our campaign. - Geoff Kors, Equality California

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lindamae
May 9, 2009 5:18 AM CDT
And we should care because...? Let's all mind our own businesses. There is NO socially redeeming value for this film. It just used Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals #5: ridicule the messenger in order to neutralize the message. Anything to discredit Republicans by Democrats. Did George Soros give any money for this new example of Sorosis of the brain? Boring!!!
Snarfeh
May 9, 2009 4:39 AM CDT
Republicans who are closeted homosexuals don't want to come out of the closet. It's less titillating if they accept themselves. Remember Larry Craig....don't tap, don't tell....
Observer
May 8, 2009 6:06 AM CDT
This is too funny. I hate hypocrites. Hypocritical Gay Politicians are the most disturbing of all. Where is that lying queer Senator from Idaho these days. Slumming in a airport toilet stall? Be honest and open. Too bad if your evangelical base drops you like an HIV infected boyfriend.

'A right to privacy, but there's no right to hypocrisy'
Los Angeles Times

Doc not as controversial as it might have been
New York Times

 
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