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Old 03-02-2014, 18:16
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Do any others think there will be complaints about this? It wasn't needed at all , fair enough if he didn't like Gareth but that could be offensive to a large percentage of the audience.
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Old 03-02-2014, 18:28
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Do any others think there will be complaints about this? It wasn't needed at all , fair enough if he didn't like Gareth but that could be offensive to a large percentage of the audience.
But wouldn't the only people who could be offended by this not actually realise he was being offensive?
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Old 04-02-2014, 11:34
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nope, he was making reference to a film character wasnt he? - nothing offensive about that

I thought Gareth was actually going for the Gilbert Grape character and he pulled it off

if anything, I was puzzled by Jasons comment
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Old 04-02-2014, 18:53
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But wouldn't the only people who could be offended by this not actually realise he was being offensive?
That's as logical as thinking only black people can be offended by racists, or women can hate sexism.

What he said was daft, because joking about mentally handicapped people has the potential for so many pitfalls.

In his favour, the character in the film might have been a bit slow, but he was very likeable, and it appeared as if Gareth was trying to play the fool, so it was a bit of an empty criticism, and it's hard to see it as malicious.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is one of my favourite films, which I've watched loads, but I also know that it's a bit of a cult classic, and the full potential of the insult will have gone over most people's heads. It probably went over the heads of most the ones who love a knee-jerk reaction.
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