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Jan. 30th, 2007 12:51 pmA very interesting article from Hollywood Reporter's The Pulse column by Ray Richmond, prompted by the Isaiah Washington/T.R. Knight debacle, but really about the whole rehab craze in Hollywood:
Repeat after me: I am not a homophobe. Done.
By Ray Richmond
Jan 30, 2007
Can a man have the homophobe portion of his brain cleansed by going through a rehabilitation process? And what might that look like? Does he sit in a room while speakers pump in: "Gay people are really cool. ... Gay people are really cool. ... Gay men are just like you and me. ... Gay men are just like you and me. ... All men are created equal, even men who like other men ..."?
I'm just trying to figure out exactly what "rehab" means for a guy like Isaiah Washington, whose latest variation on the "f-word" targeting "Grey's Anatomy" co-star T.R. Knight on Golden Globe Awards night quickly devolved into the Slur Heard 'Round the World.
( Let's start out here by identifying what's really going on, shall we? )
Repeat after me: I am not a homophobe. Done.
By Ray Richmond
Jan 30, 2007
Can a man have the homophobe portion of his brain cleansed by going through a rehabilitation process? And what might that look like? Does he sit in a room while speakers pump in: "Gay people are really cool. ... Gay people are really cool. ... Gay men are just like you and me. ... Gay men are just like you and me. ... All men are created equal, even men who like other men ..."?
I'm just trying to figure out exactly what "rehab" means for a guy like Isaiah Washington, whose latest variation on the "f-word" targeting "Grey's Anatomy" co-star T.R. Knight on Golden Globe Awards night quickly devolved into the Slur Heard 'Round the World.
( Let's start out here by identifying what's really going on, shall we? )
