I just wouldn't. It's not something that they would just shrug off, like the character of Diane Keatons and I certainly wouldn't tell my father that i was a big dyke. That seems to me to be a little bit disrespectful. That was not a funny part of the movie.
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clearly with this post your a idiot and by the sounds of it so are your parents :D
not everyones parents are stuck in the dark ages that their children can not tell them something
My niece came out to her mother pretty much the same way as Chris did in the movie, and no, neither her mother nor I made a big deal about it, because many of our relatives are gay and in our family and in our city, it's as big of a deal as having brown eyes. And yes, I tease my niece about it, and she teases me for being straight.
Now I'm not sure how she told her father, but if she wanted to hurt him, then sure. I'd say so. Personally, I found those two scenes to be 'normal' and pretty funny. *shrugs* YMMV.
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Who cares what you would do? It's awesome that the girl was proud of herself enough and not ashamed to come out. Plus I doubt that they wrote this scene for comedic effect.
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Yeah, how disrespectful of her to expect her parents, who are supposed to love her unconditionally, to accept her for who she is. And not all parents are as horrible as yours clearly are and would be upset about such a revelation or even surprised. I'm pretty sure my parents wouldn't care at all if I said something like that based on their previous statements and behaviour concerning sexuality, though I'm not homosexual, so I obviously am not going to be able to verify this. Honestly, I think it is mostly in traditional religious households (read: intolerant) that it is considered something shameful and problematic. Many households are not like this and you shouldn't assume that everyone thinks like you or your parents.
shareI hope that my children grow up to be so comfortable in their own skins as Chris is! I don't care about their sexual orientation, I care more about their happiness. I was gonna let you *beep* me, but I got my rag, and I know how you hate a mess
sharethe whole angle on homosexuality in this movie is askew. Like they weren't sure whether to be for it, against it, offended, embracing it... Brenda is horrified to go into a gay bar while Elise feels cool for being thought of as lesbian. Annie's daughter came out to her mom like she needed to justify her bad mood and as a means for revenge to her father, which isn't exactly legitimate either, so just keep in kind that this was 1996 and we were adjusting to the whole normality thing.
shareFor some it's easy to come out to their parents and they feel a huge weight lifted but for some it can be the worst thing. Some parents are comfortable with it and some aren't even today. That will go on probably until the end of time. As for the daughter, I disliked her character for some of reason not because she was a lesbian, just her behavior, but after she told her father she was gay, what could he do to her? She was an adult and plus Aaron just about lost everything it was a real kick you while you are still down moment.
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Agreed. Especially strange since in the book, Brenda "discovers" that she's gay and ends up with a woman instead of back with her husband. I always found it odd that they changed her storyline from an empowered woman who owns her sexuality to be that of a woman with no self-respect who runs back to her ugly cheating ex.
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