Ashley Judd is Anita Bryant

Why was she so obsessed with homosexuality? She had so much else going on. Did some lesbian come into her or something?

Is there ANY job Neil Patrick Harris will turn down?

[quote]Is there ANY job Neil Patrick Harris will turn down?

Raising props isn't cheap...especially when they've outlived their usefulness as cute photo ops.

Anita Bryant turned out to be a sleazy Christian grifter.

Hope the dark side is included. She's far more rotten than just the gay stuff.

I guess they've officially run out of fresh ideas for programming.

R2 True, and I thought we didn't want gays playing straight guys, or straight guys playing gay guys? And seriously NPH's success almost surprises me - he's cute, and bland, but he sure gets a lot of offers, it seems. Or maybe that's why - simple and boring.

She seems like a good choice - she can rock that bouffanty brunette ’do.

She’ll be so sick of orange juice by the end of it.

And fags.

Since churchy Anita Bryant obviously believes in heaven, I wonder what she will say when asked what about this commandment she didn't understand: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

the question is will I see a movie with NPH in it

or Ashley Judd without Wynonna holding her head under the water

Who will Wynonna play?

Yes. It was very brave of her to open a store for plus-sized women. They need modestly priced, semi-fashionable clothes too!

I think Naomi was embarrassed that Wynonna got so heavy.

Anita Bryant is the spiritual mother to the Religious Right movement. Sigh, if only they believed in abortion.

I would be interested in this movie only if it displayed Bryant as exactly what she is, a con artist and crook. That bitch was on the run from city to city for decades. She'd move in, run some sort of money making scam, and then flee when the scam fails, owing everyone in town. Then she files for bankruptcy to get out of all the bills she left behind. She finally ended up back in her home state of Oklahoma and has been relatively quiet for a while, I guess because she's too damn old to keep the grift up. I'd love to know if she ever paid all the back taxes she owed. It was well over $100,000.00 at one point.

She should be in prison.

[quote]this commandment she didn't understand: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

Is this the eleventh commandment?

Who's playing the pie-thrower?

Any links to her con activities?

No, fool @ r6

^^ r16

That's my concern as well, R15. In today's climate I'm afraid Anita will be portrayed as a hero and a visionary, and the right wing will be energized by her story. Or it might be one of those "both sides have a point" treatments. Yuck.

One small consolation: once Ashley starts making the talk show rounds talking about how loving and misunderstood Anita was, she's bound to get a pie in the face herself

Aroldis Chapman would get my vote, R17.

Ashley Judd as Anita Bryant? I'll watch!

Anita's granddaughter is bisexual and is marrying a woman.

I'm wondering why Ashley wants to align herself to such a portayal. Isn't her family supposedly rumored to have some LGBTQ members (cough! Mama! cough! Wynonna) and perhaps herself?

What's wrong with all these Judds?

So, Jesus claims his two commandments are more important that his father's ten?

I'll stick with daddy's. Hard pass on Junior's.

Who in the FUCK would want to see a movie starring Botoxed/face-fillered tragedy Ashley Judd as ancient long-obscure Anita Bryant?

I guess it takes a has-been to play a has-been.

Whom do we see in the role of the pie?

At least it's a fruit pie.

[quote] I'm wondering why Ashley wants to align herself to such a portayal. Isn't her family supposedly rumored to have some LGBTQ members (cough! Mama! cough! Wynonna) and perhaps herself?

You’re an idiot. It’s called acting, dumbass. Do you say this about actors who play serial killers?

Serial killers (usually) have no political agenda.

Ashley Judd got a raw deal and was blackballed by Harvey W.

Her acting can actually be quite passable. Double Jeopardy is a great popcorn flick.

Her recent face work is a failure but it could settle. It can take a year or more. Currently she resembles a shiny Asian.

Given her genetics it's a miracle she's functional.

I posted about wanting Anita exposed as the grifter and fraud she actually is. I think Ashley could pull it off.

Why is anyone assuming this will be a tribute to Anita? It's entirely likely to be anything but a right wing screed. Mrs. America did a pretty decent job of portraying Phyllis Schlafly without trumpeting nor demonizing her, they just laid it out and let you see her failures and foibles for yourself. Cate Blanchett was, as usual, amazing.

[quote] Serial killers (usually) have no political agenda.

So no one should portray Adolf Hitler for a film about the Holocaust. Fuck off.

R31 choices actors make often come to bite them in the ass. Acting in a role that's anti-LGBTQ, if portrayed as sympathetic to that stance, would make me question the actor's motives for taking the role. Do they agree with being anti-LGBTQ? I haven't read the screenplay, so I'm not sure how AB is portrayed. Still, I'm not sure if you know how to add. Perhaps you should look in the mirror when calling someone a dumbass.

R35 nice example of Godwin's law

People will want to see Ashley get a pie in the face.

Actually, people will be waiting for that moment from the very minute this film begins, r37.

I hope they let AJ lip sync to Anita's unforgettable Tupperware Jubilee performance of Blues in the Night (at 23:20). Just before that, the video shows the rare male Tupperware dealer receiving flowers and a tiara to recognize his outstanding sales achievements. I wonder if Anita suspected he might be gay and tried to rain on his parade by swiping the tiara...

[quote] Ashley Judd is Anita Bryant

An ugly woman playing an ugly woman.

All the eldergays living in Ft. Lauderdale were chased out of Miami Beach by Anita.

[quote] Acting in a role that's anti-LGBTQ, if portrayed as sympathetic to that stance, would make me question the actor's motives for taking the role. Do they agree with being anti-LGBTQ?

This is the annoying Irishwoman who wrecked this movie

I heard Wynonna was playing Anita Bryant.

I’ve always believed that Anita Bryant is an angry closet case.

I have heard rumors about Wynonna but Naomi? Really?

[quote] Acting in a role that's anti-LGBTQ, if portrayed as sympathetic to that stance, would make me question the actor's motives for taking the role. Do they agree with being anti-LGBTQ?

LGBTQLMNOP. What are your pronouns, dear? We know you’re just dying to tell us.

[quote] I’ve always believed that Anita Bryant is an angry closet case.

She gives off a dyke vibe.

Uma was suppose to play her a decade ago.

I can't think of worse casting for Anita Bryant than Uma Thurman. Well, maybe Beanie Feldstein....

She was the punchline in more than a few Match Game ‘77 questions.

E.g., Count Dracula said, “I was low in Vitamin C, so I drank the blood of BLANK.”

Best match, Anita Bryant.

And she was a nasty bitch.

Wasn't there a Golden Girls joke about her?

Who is the target market for this movie?

Angry gays or pompous heterosexuals?

Why should I spend money on someone I didn't like?

Golden Girls scene

This tedious movie was about a woman that half of Britain loathed.

The resulting movie was so bland, diluted and off-topic that it barely mentioned that she was a politician that led the nation.

“As a gay man and a writer who likes to explore complex, messy characters, I’ve always thought about Anita Bryant,” Chad Hodge said. “How could this celebrity who espoused Christian goodness and orange juice through song suddenly use those platforms to go on a nationwide anti-gay crusade and overturn gay rights laws? I wanted to find out who Anita was, who the people around her were, and what everybody wanted out of this.”

He added that the story has a contemporary resonance and “holds up a mirror, and a warning, to our current society.”

She’s first mentioned briefly in the “Big Daddy’s Little Lady” episode of season 2 after Dorothy and Rose come in second place with their beloved “Miami Is Nice” jingle.

Blanche: Oh, hello there! How’d you do? Rose: We came in second. Blanche: Oh, that’s terrific! What’d you get? Dorothy: Treated badly. They told us to get out of the way when they took the winner’s picture with Anita Bryant.

The second reference to Bryant, from season 4, in the “Sophia’s Wedding: Part 1” episode, is the more memorable of the two.

The caterer’s mannerisms and his initial crack about his mother overlooking his own marriage code him as gay, which sets the scene for the line in question. The character is definitely a stereotypical depiction, but it makes sense here. At the end, he first references the 1958 film, I Want to Live!, starring Susan Hayward, which revolves around the story of a sex worker convicted of murder. When Blanche says that he’s “ready to fly right outta here,” his “Well, excuse me for living, Anita Bryant!” retort becomes the punchline of the scene. This exchange humorously illustrates why Bryant was so reviled along with drawing attention to changing attitudes towards the LGBTQ community in society and popular culture.

In what universe is Hollywood going to make a movie sympathetic to Anita Bryant’s antigay crusade? Even she admits she was wrong.

[Quote] In what universe is Hollywood going to make a movie sympathetic to Anita Bryant’s antigay crusade? Even she admits she was wrong.

The same one in which former marquee name Dennis Quaid stars in Christian movies and once popular TV actor Kelsey Grammar does the same. Ashley Judd is not exactly Julia Roberts so making a movie redrawing Bryant as a heroine with an unpopular opinion, especially in the age of Don't Say Gay and Drag Queens Are the Enemy, is not an incredible idea.

I've been cast as Jerry Falwell.

[quote]so making a movie redrawing Bryant as a heroine with an unpopular opinion

Is that what they're doing, r59?

Actors say they love to play flawed characters but they really love to play warriors.

Actors say they love to play flawed characters just like they like playing blind or crippled characters as a sure path to an Oscar

They made a movie about Phyllis Schlafly, R34?

Who will play her muff-diving granddaughter?

Anita Bryant never admitted she was wrong, as of 1990. She "doesn't regret it and did the right thing."

R64 - Yes, Mrs. America. It's a limited series on Hulu about the struggle (and failure) to pass the ERA amendment. Stellar and wonderful cast.

[quote]Is there ANY job Neil Patrick Harris will turn down?

He'd better fucking not.

I suspect she was also really bitter that she lost Miss America to Mary Ann Mobley.

R63 - is going Full-MAGA the new going Full-Retard?

Ashley Judd only makes duds.

R1 asks a great question. Of all the causes she could have fought for why the crusade against homosexuality? It seemed personal for her or maybe it was for attention.

Maybe she doesn’t have a lot of job offers since she looks weird and has a reputation for being annoying.