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John Waters: Hairspray Hubbub Is Hooey
Original Hairspray auteur John Waters, responding to the New York Daily News' piece titled "Travolta in 'Spray Revolts Gays," argues, "It should have said 'Revolts Gay,' because it's just one person" — Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff — raising a ruckus. (Naff's beef is with Hairspray star John Travolta, whose Scientology faith has anti-gay tenets.) As Waters so wonderfully puts it to the News, "If [Travolta] was homophobic, dancing in [drag] with as many gay people as are working on this film, he would have had a heart attack and been dead."
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Jun 15, 2007 9:05 AM
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I guess it would be like getting mad at a Catholic actor for playing a person who used birth control. I've never heard that Travolta himself was homophobic (apart from the rumors that he's gay and hiding in the closet), so I guess he can't be held responsible for all the stupidities of Scientology. Although the rumors about his denying his son's austism because of Scientology are disturbing.
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Jun 15, 2007 11:26 AM
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I love John Waters!
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Jun 15, 2007 5:03 PM
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