"Electric Cars are gay" The Dilemma (movie)

Actually, if you watch the trailer, I think the point of his "presentation" was to make electric cars with the "muscle of the Dodge brand." (Or something like that.) Ala the now defunct Dodge Circuit EV, I suppose.

This was on Jalopnik. I think they cut that part from the trailer after the reaction.
http://jalopnik.com/5661131/vince-vaughns-electric-cars-are-gay-line-cut-from-unfunny-trailer
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/da...-gay-or-is-vince-vaughn-an-idiot-or-both.html

Full quote here:
"electric cars are gay. Not homosexual gay. But my-parents-are-chaperoning-the-dance gay."

I can't imagine a movie like this making much of an impact on people's perception of EVs, so I don't think it warrants much attention, although the gay rights group is understandably concerned about "gay" being used as a slur.

Any fans of The Office? You might have noticed the mention of an "electric car dealership" at the end of this clip:
[video=hulu;dSpb-HufIkQmZ5GcbeBruQ]http://www.hulu.com/watch/185845/the-office-michaels-accusation#s-p1-sr-i1[/video]
http://www.hulu.com/watch/185845/the-office-michaels-accusation#s-p1-sr-i1

So what's the verdict then...are we dealing with an industry-wide, EV perception problem promulgated by some mal-informed Hollywood ink-stained wretches?

Might have to call on TM (TeslaMan) to vanquish this lot. :biggrin:

Then there was this too:
http://www.planetvids.com/funny-videos/4400/simpsons-electric-car/

Gee, Darren appears to be angry and stupid...not a desireable way to go through life imo.

TEG said:

http://darrenewing.blogspot.com/2010/07/electric-cars-are-gay.html

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This problem is more prolific than I thought. Katy Perry's "Ur so gay" has the following lyrics:

I hope you hang yourself with your h&m scarf
While jacking off listening to Mozart
You beep and moan about LA
Wishing you were in the rain reading Hemingway
You don't eat meat
And drive electrical cars
You're so indie rock it's almost an art
You need SPF 45 just to stay alive

You're so gay and you don't even like boys
No you don't even like
No you don't even like
No you don't even like boys

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Perhaps, instead of fighting and protesting the joke, we should embrace it and defuse it. Now I don't claim to be a humorist nor a publicist, but if someone says, "having an electric car is so gay." One could reply, "Wow, until now I didn't know gays were so cool." Instead of saying, "stop using 'gay' as a derogatory slur, and don't insult electric cars, because you are hurting my feelings <waa waa!>"

Perhaps someone with more flair will understand what I'm saying and phrase it better.

kgb said:

Perhaps, instead of fighting and protesting the joke, we should embrace it and defuse it. Now I don't claim to be a humorist nor a publicist, but if someone says, "having an electric car is so gay." One could reply, "Wow, until now I didn't know gays were so cool." Instead of saying, "stop using 'gay' as a derogatory slur, and don't insult electric cars, because you are hurting my feelings <waa waa!>"

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My usual retort for anything stupid like this - is to say the ev haters are actually terrorist sympathisers. Usually works.

TEG said:

http://darrenewing.blogspot.com/2010/07/electric-cars-are-gay.html

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