The L.A. Weekly shines a spotlight on Hollywood hypocrisy, with many Academy members refusing to even view Brokeback Mountain, and the Screen Actors Guild shutting out Brokeback entirely, preferring Philip Seymour Hoffman's asexual Capote portrayal (and minstrelsy Sean Hayes) to nonstereotypical portrayals of gay lives.
Writes columnist Nikki Finke:
Frankly, I find horrifying each whispered admission to me from Academy members who usually pose as social liberals that they're disgusted by even the possibility of glimpsing simulated gay sex. Earth to the easily offended: This movie has been criticized for being too sexually tame. Hey, Academy, what are you worried about: that you'll turn gay...
Apparently, Larry David isn't an anomaly. In Tinsel Town, they
love gays-as long as they have plenty of swish.
--Stephen H. Miller