Baby it’s cold outside

Posted by David Burke on January 5, 2012 in Connecting Meaningfully

Ah, the Winter months, a time to say “screw it” and stay warm in bed just a little longer, to hunker down and watch all those cheese-tastic movies on TV you’ve been putting off. Thankfully the Xmas-themed movies are over for another year. Now we have the always laughable hot steaming mess that is the Republican caucuses for our viewing pleasure, providing us with unending moments of contradictions. One current movie that, for me, defines the state of politics in this country, especially the Republican Party, is Outrage [2009]. Yes, I must admit, it has that Movie-of-the-week feel to it at times however it remains an indictment of the hypocrisy, even a call to arms for us gay men to look deeper at who exactly is voting for and, more importantly, against important human rights legislation in this country. Check it out when you can – the subject matter will change your thinking of what you are seeing on the TV.