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- IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM "STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008/1:54 PMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM \"STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS\" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE LUS OFFEND RACIAL MORI THE PHANTOM MENACE WH THE JAR JAR BKS CHARACTER. AND NOW LOOKS LIKE THE UPG CGI FILM THE CLONE WARS (WHICH LEADS TO A TV SERI ON THE CARTOON NETWORK) IS GOG TO GIVE GAYS A CHANCE TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE NEW CHARACTERS TRODUCED CLONE WARS IS ZIRO THE HUTT (JABBA'S UNCLE) WHO IS, AS MTV MOVI' SHAWN ALR PUT , "A GAY STEREOTYPE THAT MAK WHAT JAR JAR BKS REPRENTED TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAI LOOK SUBTLE BY PARISON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SADLY, SOUNDS LIKE THE STEREOTYPG IS LIBERATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID A CHARACTER WHO WASN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ENGLISH WD UP SOUNDG LIKE THAT? BEE GEE LUS SISTED ON , CLONE WARS DIRECTOR DAVE FILONI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ZIRO, JABBA’S UNCLE, ORIGALLY SPOKE HUTT-E, LIKE JABBA AND THEN HE HAD A DIFFERENT SLUGGISH VOICE JT LIKE JABBA, AND THEN GEE ONE DAY WAS WATCHG AND SAID ‘I WANT HIM TO SOUND LIKE TMAN CAPOTE.’ HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT AND WE WERE LIKE ‘WOW!’ ” FILN REVEALED. “IT’S A HYBRID OF BUT THE SPIRATN IS FELY THERE ON CAPOTE. IT’S ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT TAK HIM OM BEG AN TERTG CHARACTER AND I THK REALLY DO PUT HIM OVER THE TOP AND DO SOMETHG. HE’S A FAVORE AMONG THE CREW HERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORSE, FILONI SAYS THE CHARACTER IS PROBABLY ASEXUAL AND, THEREFORE, NOT GAY. SO, THE CLOST THE STAR WARS FILMS HAVE GOTTEN TO HAVG ANY GAY CHARACTERS IS A VILLA MEANT TO SOUND LIKE AN EFFEMATE GAY MAN ... SO CLONE WARS GETS TO PLAY TO HOMOPHOBIA WHOUT ACTUALLY HAVG ANY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY DAYS AS A STAR WARS FAN END 1999 WHEN I SAW THE PHANTOM MENACE. HONTLY, I WAS A LTLE B TIRED OF STAR WARS BY THEN; THE HYPE WAS A LTLE TOO PABLE FOR A LTLE TOO LONG FOR ME. I WAS HOPG THAT SEEG A REALLY OL MOVIE WOULD REKDLE MY FONDNS FOR THAT "LONG AGO" AND "FAR AWAY" WORLD BUT THAT HOPE STARTED FADG THE FIRST TIME JAR JAR SPOKE WH HIS STEREOTYPIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS OFFEND BY THE STEREOTYPG, BUT WORSE, THEY KILLED THE WONR OF STAR WARS, WHERE ALIENS PREVLY FELT LIKE ALIENS AND NOT CHARACTERS BASED ON A CERTA TYPE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THIS NEWS AFFECT ANYONE'S PLANS TO SEE THE MOVIE? WAS ANYONE PLANNG ON SEEG THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- POLIL-ENOMIC NSTCTN OF GAY MALE CLONE INTY
IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM "STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008/1:54 PMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM \"STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS\" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE LUS OFFEND RACIAL MORI THE PHANTOM MENACE WH THE JAR JAR BKS CHARACTER. AND NOW LOOKS LIKE THE UPG CGI FILM THE CLONE WARS (WHICH LEADS TO A TV SERI ON THE CARTOON NETWORK) IS GOG TO GIVE GAYS A CHANCE TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE NEW CHARACTERS TRODUCED CLONE WARS IS ZIRO THE HUTT (JABBA'S UNCLE) WHO IS, AS MTV MOVI' SHAWN ALR PUT , "A GAY STEREOTYPE THAT MAK WHAT JAR JAR BKS REPRENTED TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAI LOOK SUBTLE BY PARISON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SADLY, SOUNDS LIKE THE STEREOTYPG IS LIBERATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID A CHARACTER WHO WASN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ENGLISH WD UP SOUNDG LIKE THAT? BEE GEE LUS SISTED ON , CLONE WARS DIRECTOR DAVE FILONI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ZIRO, JABBA’S UNCLE, ORIGALLY SPOKE HUTT-E, LIKE JABBA AND THEN HE HAD A DIFFERENT SLUGGISH VOICE JT LIKE JABBA, AND THEN GEE ONE DAY WAS WATCHG AND SAID ‘I WANT HIM TO SOUND LIKE TMAN CAPOTE.’ HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT AND WE WERE LIKE ‘WOW!’ ” FILN REVEALED. “IT’S A HYBRID OF BUT THE SPIRATN IS FELY THERE ON CAPOTE. IT’S ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT TAK HIM OM BEG AN TERTG CHARACTER AND I THK REALLY DO PUT HIM OVER THE TOP AND DO SOMETHG. HE’S A FAVORE AMONG THE CREW HERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORSE, FILONI SAYS THE CHARACTER IS PROBABLY ASEXUAL AND, THEREFORE, NOT GAY. SO, THE CLOST THE STAR WARS FILMS HAVE GOTTEN TO HAVG ANY GAY CHARACTERS IS A VILLA MEANT TO SOUND LIKE AN EFFEMATE GAY MAN ... SO CLONE WARS GETS TO PLAY TO HOMOPHOBIA WHOUT ACTUALLY HAVG ANY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY DAYS AS A STAR WARS FAN END 1999 WHEN I SAW THE PHANTOM MENACE. HONTLY, I WAS A LTLE B TIRED OF STAR WARS BY THEN; THE HYPE WAS A LTLE TOO PABLE FOR A LTLE TOO LONG FOR ME. I WAS HOPG THAT SEEG A REALLY OL MOVIE WOULD REKDLE MY FONDNS FOR THAT "LONG AGO" AND "FAR AWAY" WORLD BUT THAT HOPE STARTED FADG THE FIRST TIME JAR JAR SPOKE WH HIS STEREOTYPIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS OFFEND BY THE STEREOTYPG, BUT WORSE, THEY KILLED THE WONR OF STAR WARS, WHERE ALIENS PREVLY FELT LIKE ALIENS AND NOT CHARACTERS BASED ON A CERTA TYPE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THIS NEWS AFFECT ANYONE'S PLANS TO SEE THE MOVIE? WAS ANYONE PLANNG ON SEEG THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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POLIL-ENOMIC NSTCTN OF GAY MALE CLONE INTY
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