Where's The Outrage?

The title of this blog comes from the tag line for a movie that premiered earlier this week at the Tribeca Film Festival about outing gay Republicans who vote against the interest of gays and lesbians. The film, which caught me interest months back, sounds very interesting, and is by a filmmaker named Kirby Dick, who is no stranger to these types of documentaries. He did another film called "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" which shows the hypocrisy of the rating system in films, which I would highly recommend. His movie Outrage, which I have not yet seen, but I would like to, is a documentary that openly shows the bias Republican lawmakers express by staying in the closet, while voting against the interest of everyday gay and lesbian people. In the film, Kirby, who never hides his feelings on a subject asks politicians why and how they can do this and whether they found this hypocritical. Obviously people had differing opinions on this type of film, and it set off some very strong responses. Florida Governor and potential running mate to John McCain, whose sexuality has been questioned on a regular basis, and was interviewed in this movie did not return phone calls asking for comments, along with other people called out in this film.

I really look forward to seeing this movie sometime in the future because I like Kirby Dick's documentary films, and I think he is doing a service to people who are fed up with double talk by politicians. It is not just on this topic, but I think people are tired of politicians who say one thing and do another thing. If there was more transparency, and more honesty coming from Washington these types of exposes would not be neccesary, but until that happens, this is the only way to see through the lies. Of course, you have to understand any bias that you are watching, reading, or looking at when you make your decision, but I think Kirby Dick's films are usually spot on and show the true bias and idiocy that he is trying to uncover.