Florida gives a whopping 2%-of-budget tax credit to movies filmed in the state, but only if they're "family friendly." Now the state is trying to define "family friendly" in some tax cut legislation, and some legislators take it to mean movies without any "nontraditional family values." It's a fun semantic shift but mostly it's just to not give a tax credit to any movies with some gay in them. The best part is that this has inspired a rambling bit of hilarity from state Representative Stephen Precourt (R-ORLANDO, OBVS): "Think of it as like Mayberry. That's when I grew up – the '60s. That's what life was like. I want Florida to be known for making those kinds of movies: Disney movies for kids and all that stuff. Like it used to be, you know?" It's an impeccable word salad that he has thrown up here.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Pshaw! I spent the first part of my childhood in central Florida. It wasn't "Mayberry;" it was "Blue Velvet" with fewer teeth.
Ah, Mayberry! Where alcoholism is just good fun and the sheriff's four year old is smarter than his deputy.
Don't forget the sexlessness.
Because Aunt Bea wasn't going to wiggle out of her panty girdle for anyone.
Ever.
But the first thing every Disney movie does is kill off the parents. As a parent, I DON'T FIND THAT FRIENDLY AT ALL.
"Family Friendly"
See also: White, intra-race relationships, etc.
Charles Manson had a Family. So did Carmine Galante.
Yeah, Mayberry: a Southern town with (almost) no black people. I can see why he'd be so fond of it.
I'm assuming 'hairdresser/wedding-planner' gay is fine.
Just not, you know, like two people loving each other who happen to be the same sex. Not that gay.
*Lack of snide comment about Mayberry and family values due to simultaneous drooling over hot Another Country-era Rupert Everett and crying over what he looks like now.*
"I will pay good money to get Goober and Gomer down here to the Orlando Super 8."