Doesn't hurt to dream. But if your reach exceeds your grasp too far, well, the result can be quite dire. And if you are blinkered to your own limitations, well, you're on your way to becoming a laughingstock.
Poor Sam Mraovich. The man obviously put his heart and soul into his magnum opus, Ben & Arthur. Sam wanted to make a serious statement about the struggles that gay couples endure to get married. What he ended up with - well, judge for yourself by viewing the trailer.
Here are a few choice screenshots from that trailer, with actual dialogue added.
Arthur (played by Sam) offers his manifesto. Never mind that Don't Ask, Don't Tell is still in effect.
His partner Ben (Jamie Brett Gabel) ain't too happy.
Arthur's brother Victor (Michael Haboush), a devout churchgoer despite his dark roots, is after Ben and Arthur to find Gawd and change their eeeevil ways, baby.
Father Rabin (Bill Hindley) of the Holy Cardboard Cross Chapel (stained glass by Timmy, age 8) tells Vic he's out of the church because his brother is gay.
Just for shits and giggles, Vic pops a cap in the head of Ben's attorney. She dies clinging to the steering wheel of her car. Rigor mortis sets in waaaay too fast.
If that isn't melodramatic enough, Ben happens to be married already. To a woman (Julie Belknap). With a gun - and an unwillingness to let him go, gay or not.
After Ben literally wrestles the gun from her, she lays with one knee up, moaning "I thought you loved me..."
One of Vic's fellow parishioners tries to persuade our boys to come to Bible Study - even donning copious amounts of lip gloss in order to attract them. The road to heaven is paved with Smackers!
Apparently, Artie fwowed up. After viewing this trailer, I wanted to barf too.
And despite Ben being far handsomer, only Artie's allowed to be sexy... or what he thinks is sexy.
No comment.
Ariztical/Culture Q Connection
(if you really want to see it, and may your God go with you)
IMDb entry for the film (currently #6 or 7 on the IMDb Bottom 100)
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