Remember David Smith, the guy who threw a hissy fit because his precious family was exposed to some manly lip lock in the new Will Ferrell movie?
A few PG readers wrote in to share their thoughts on this homegrown version of wingnut values ---
If only the characters would have done something more acceptable such as blowing someone's head off with an AK-47 instead of being ... you know ..." one of those sick types."
Susan Kaminski of Sewickley who enjoyed the movie herself ...
rather than rely solely on newspaper reviews to warn them of scenes in movies that the reader's family might find offensive, they should use a resource such as www.kids-in-mind.com. There they will find in great detail a listing of every kiss, touch, comment, obscenity, name-called, punch, car crash, cigarette, and drink occurring in the movie.
Yours truly ...
Just a kiss
Perhaps David A. Smith should keep his man-kissing worries focused on the ones that really matter (President Bush and Joe Lieberman) instead of those that don't (Will Ferrell and the "French guy"). Smith frets that the Post-Gazette failed to adequately warn him about gay content of "Talladega Nights" ("Family Film Guide fails us," Feedback, Aug. 10).
Apparently, he didn't have similar qualms about taking his family to see a movie you did identify as containing crude and sexual humor, language, drug references and comic violence. Rather than a sincere attempt to protect their children from inappropriate content, the Smith family values are primarily about intolerance, bigotry and hatred.
What good company!
