UPDATE: The Advocate republishes an interesting 1997 commentary by Gene Shalit about his gay son. Perhaps someone is still working through some issues.
Yet another reason to not watch NBC's Today Show. From E Online via Yahoo:
The veteran Today show critic has been taken to task by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation over his negative review of the gay cowboy western, in which he referred to Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack, as a "sexual predator" who "tracks Ennis down and coaxes him into sporadic trysts."Did Shalit even stay for the end of the movie or was he off in some fantasy land in his own head? (Can you imagine a fantasy land where Gene Shalit has a sexual predator following him? Eww.)
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"Shalit's bizarre characterization of Jack as a 'predator' and Ennis (Heath Ledge) as a victim reflects a fundamental lack of understanding about the central relationship in the film and about gay relationships in general," GLAAD said in a statement. "It seems highly doubtful that Shalit would similarly claim that Titanic's Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) was a 'sexual predator' because he was pursuing a romantic relationship with Rose (Kate Winslet)."
UPDATE 1: Decide for yourself if you think it's worth the fuss. GLADD has video here.
