Uh-oh, yer knickers are in a twist . . .

I love foreign cinema and watch it over any other category at home, usually. I particularly like Brit humor and drama but "Withnail" was just not my cup'o tea. I have serious problems with Richard Grant as well.

As for Rotten Tomatoes, remember Joe Six-pack, Joe White Wine, and Joe Doobie are the main participants in their rating system for audiences. I usually disregard that part of the Tomatoe unless a film appears on the horizon I've never heard of.

"22" was not about being gay. Tatum's defense of anti-gay language in one brief segment was still funny when he stated you can only call a gay friend "queer" if he doesn't really mind it. The target audience was not you or me (Capt Obvious) but people two and three generations beyond us. They don't see the world as we do and this film is part of the social engineering being exerted on society. Nevertheless, I thought it was very funny.

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Topic - "22 Jump Street:" the first gay mainstream American film. - tinear 09:19:48 07/10/14 (15)

Perhaps... - mkuller 11:17:00 07/12/14 (2)

I looked at the link . . . Bwahahahaha........ - Billy Wonka 11:44:04 07/14/14 (1)

Ever see... - mkuller 13:01:22 07/14/14 (0)

What wasn't mainstream about... - musetap 21:37:04 07/10/14 (6)

You're right. How about first comedy? - tinear 08:59:30 07/11/14 (5)

Not intended as a comedy, but, - Larry I 13:26:03 07/11/14 (0)

Wasn't really anything gay about SLIH, not in the contemporary useage of the word... - musetap 11:20:31 07/11/14 (0)

I saw SLIH as a kid and thought it was funny . . . - Billy Wonka 09:17:36 07/11/14 (2)

Good points, both you and mousecrap. nt - tinear 21:43:15 07/11/14 (0)

Still one of the best comedies ever... - musetap 11:27:48 07/11/14 (0)

Tin-bo, "Withnail" is one of the most over-rated pieces of dreck ever . . . - Billy Wonka 10:27:16 07/10/14 (4)

Balderdash. I fully appreciate American film as much as foreign. That - tinear 21:32:04 07/10/14 (3)

Uh-oh, yer knickers are in a twist . . . - Billy Wonka 09:04:42 07/11/14 (2)

Okay, that's why. I think Grant's hysterical. No one does pomposity better. I think R T - tinear 07:30:09 07/12/14 (1)

Grant has the Allan Cummings effect....mild nausea. * - Billy Wonka 15:55:18 07/12/14 (0)

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Uh-oh, yer knickers are in a twist . . . - Billy Wonka 09:04:42 07/11/14 (2)

Okay, that's why. I think Grant's hysterical. No one does pomposity better. I think R T - tinear 07:30:09 07/12/14 (1)

Grant has the Allan Cummings effect....mild nausea. * - Billy Wonka 15:55:18 07/12/14 (0)

Uh-oh, yer knickers are in a twist . . .

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