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I mean it has a good point to it I guess, but its horrible. The boys mom pushed him to suicide and then became a hero for it.
And in the beginning they say that dogs aren't gay or something like that, HELLO plenty of dogs are gay. Homosexuality has been observed in thousands of species.
That and I don't really think Bobby had it bad enough to kill himself anyway.
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Read the book, the actual true horror story of what really happened to Bobby Griffith. That finally pushed him over the edge,to make him draw straws and commit his suicide. Caused from the daily verbal, mental,physical abuse, threats and religious anti gay hate preaching from his mother, Mary Griffith is quite shocking.
This wasn't told or shown at all as it was written in the book, it was transformed into 120 minutes of a complete waste of time. After reading the book, hearing they were going to make this book into a film and Sigourney Weaver was going to play the abusive christian mother Mary Griffith. I thought this film would be really good and worth seeing. When it was shown here, in Australia a few years ago. I was very disappointed after seeing it.
As usual the real horror story of what happened, was made into this typical predictable American watered down and heartfelt modified rubbish. With American religious over tones and the over used hero and flag waving at the end. Just like in all American made TV shows and films. Rather than showing the actual facts and religious anti gay abuse, that led Bobby to commit suicide.
If they made this true horror story of what really happened to Bobby Griffith into a film, exactly as it was written in the book. The film would have an restricted rating, and probably a bunch of American Christians in your country.
All protesting to have it banned to save face, outside of cinemas where it was being shown or television stations where it was being broadcast.Over Mary Griffith's open confession, written in the book. Of committing religious anti gay abuse and hatred on and towards her son Bobby, which led to his suicide in the 70's. Which in 2010 is still being used on all lgbt persons across the USA.
This wasn't the Prayers for Bobby movie, I and thousands of others who read the book were expecting to see.
Read the book, the actual true horror story of what really happened to Bobby Griffith. That finally pushed him over the edge,to make him draw straws and commit his suicide. Caused from the daily verbal, mental,physical abuse, threats and religious anti gay hate preaching from his mother, Mary Griffith is quite shocking.
This wasn't told or shown at all as it was written in the book, it was transformed into 120 minutes of a complete waste of time. After reading the book, hearing they were going to make this book into a film and Sigourney Weaver was going to play the abusive christian mother Mary Griffith. I thought this film would be really good and worth seeing. When it was shown here, in Australia a few years ago. I was very disappointed after seeing it.
As usual the real horror story of what happened, was made into this typical predictable American watered down and heartfelt modified rubbish. With American religious over tones and the over used hero and flag waving at the end. Just like in all American made TV shows and films. Rather than showing the actual facts and religious anti gay abuse, that led Bobby to commit suicide.
If they made this true horror story of what really happened to Bobby Griffith into a film, exactly as it was written in the book. The film would have an restricted rating, and probably a bunch of American Christians in your country.
All protesting to have it banned to save face, outside of cinemas where it was being shown or television stations where it was being broadcast.Over Mary Griffith's open confession, written in the book. Of committing religious anti gay abuse and hatred on and towards her son Bobby, which led to his suicide in the 70's. Which in 2010 is still being used on all lgbt persons across the USA.
This wasn't the Prayers for Bobby movie, I and thousands of others who read the book were expecting to see.
Why do Filipinos think USA is superior? And why do they think English is Superior?
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Other nations embrace all their history and culture while in Philippines they try to supress and eliminate part of it and tried to replace.
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Because the Philippines were colonized by the USA, everything that they see linked to the US is considered superior.
The treatment of Whites by Filipinos as superior stems from their 5 century colonization by Whites - first by Portugal (some parts), followed by three centuries of Spain, a 6-year interruption by British, then 50 years of American rule - the status of Whites and half-Whites in the Philippines as a colony was very high than that of the indigenous Malayo-Polynesian or of the immigrant Chinese, Japanese, Indian, or American Indian peoples.
This has been reinforced by TV shows, which particularly prefer air actors who are obviously of White descent.
Also, the education of the Philippines has led to the increase of English-speaking rich people (who by the way, are mostly of White descent) - and since the education of the poor people in the provinces tend to be staffed by badly-trained teachers who used Filipino in the classroom - a strata grew - and it divided the Philippines into two countries: the Rich, who are mostly descended from earlier Spanish, American, or Chinese settlers, speak English and another European language or Chinese, and are greatly Americanized, and the Poor, who are mostly indigenous Malayo-Polynesians, speak Philippine languages, and have a culture which is Hispano-Asian.
Of course, there is no doubt that colonial policies were made to favor the White settlers and their offspring. While White settlement in the Philippines was not as great as that in either America or Australia, it nevertheless made the Philippines as the world's largest Eurasian and Amerasian nation - or having the world's largest population of mixed White and Asian descent. It also has Asia's largest White population.
There is also the antsy Middle-Class professionals which always tries to reach the "Rich" but are shunned - they have also adopted the English language and lots of cultural values from America but still are not considered as same ranks with the Rich, possibly by virtue of their ancestry - which is mostly either indigenous or mainland Asian with only minimal White admixtures, if any.
Most Filipinos don't readily admit it, but social status in the Philippines is nearly entirely based on race, cultural affiliations, and education.
Because the Philippines were colonized by the USA, everything that they see linked to the US is considered superior.
The treatment of Whites by Filipinos as superior stems from their 5 century colonization by Whites - first by Portugal (some parts), followed by three centuries of Spain, a 6-year interruption by British, then 50 years of American rule - the status of Whites and half-Whites in the Philippines as a colony was very high than that of the indigenous Malayo-Polynesian or of the immigrant Chinese, Japanese, Indian, or American Indian peoples.
This has been reinforced by TV shows, which particularly prefer air actors who are obviously of White descent.
Also, the education of the Philippines has led to the increase of English-speaking rich people (who by the way, are mostly of White descent) - and since the education of the poor people in the provinces tend to be staffed by badly-trained teachers who used Filipino in the classroom - a strata grew - and it divided the Philippines into two countries: the Rich, who are mostly descended from earlier Spanish, American, or Chinese settlers, speak English and another European language or Chinese, and are greatly Americanized, and the Poor, who are mostly indigenous Malayo-Polynesians, speak Philippine languages, and have a culture which is Hispano-Asian.
Of course, there is no doubt that colonial policies were made to favor the White settlers and their offspring. While White settlement in the Philippines was not as great as that in either America or Australia, it nevertheless made the Philippines as the world's largest Eurasian and Amerasian nation - or having the world's largest population of mixed White and Asian descent. It also has Asia's largest White population.
There is also the antsy Middle-Class professionals which always tries to reach the "Rich" but are shunned - they have also adopted the English language and lots of cultural values from America but still are not considered as same ranks with the Rich, possibly by virtue of their ancestry - which is mostly either indigenous or mainland Asian with only minimal White admixtures, if any.
Most Filipinos don't readily admit it, but social status in the Philippines is nearly entirely based on race, cultural affiliations, and education.
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