Carl Hendrickson

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  Carl signed the petition | 12 months ago

  Stop the Slaughter of Yellowstone Bison
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  Carl signed the petition | 12 months ago

  Stop Anti-Choice Efforts to Eliminate Family Planning Funding
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  Carl signed the petition | 12 months ago

  Tell Seattle Pacific University: Recognize LGBT Group on Campus
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  Carl commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  The Verdict on Bruno?

  I saw Bruno in Redding, California this past weekend.  Yes, Redding!  I went alone to an evening screening while there on family business. 

  
  

  I can report that the theater was packed with date-nighters who yipped, woo-hoo’d and otherwise oh-yawed the films “satire”.  They liked it and not for the reasons gay people do.

  
  

  Having lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco and now Seattle my husband and I have had a relative rarified life insulated from those homophobic.  We are not naive however.  Everyone processes media from their individual point of view.

  
  

  My experience in the theater Saturday night confirms my prior notion that gay people are not the target audience for this film.  Sadly the producers targeted the audience that will haul in the bucks, one that largely misses the satire and latches on the stereotypes which support their homophobia.

  
  

  Some argue that the film’s producers were well intended satirists.  I disagree.  The producers did exactly what they intended to do, cleverly exploit gay stereotypes.