'Enr's Game' star Harrison Ford rponds to Orson Stt Card's anti-gay views: 'humany has won' - The Verge

Contents:

• ‘ENR’S GAME’ AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS POSE RISKS FOR FILM
• ‘ENR’S GAME’ DIRECTOR: AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS ‘VERY SAD’
• 'ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON''ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON'
• ‘ENR’S GAME’ BOYTT PLANNED OVER ORSON STT CARD’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS
• 'ENR'S GAME' ST ANSWER GAY RIGHTS QUTNS

‘ENR’S GAME’ AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS POSE RISKS FOR FILM

"Neverthels, the antigay views of Card, a man who once sat on the board of the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage, and lled for the crimalizatn of homosexualy, have begun to eclipse any mer his award-wng story may offer to Hollywood's pantheon of science fictn anizatn Geeks OUT lnched s Skip Enr's Game mpaign July, urgg supporters of LGBT equaly to boytt the film when lands theatr on November 1, hop of sendg a msage that moviegoers will not tolerate antigay activism. After all, 's difficult to support a story om which an antigay activist like Card profs.

‘ENR’S GAME’ DIRECTOR: AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS ‘VERY SAD’

But the effect of one of Card's most celebrated works may actually be to advance the msage of before Card's personal views on homosexualy ma headl, many LGBT fans who read Enr's Game were enamored wh the story. Not only is the tale a great work of science fictn, but protagonist Enr Wigg's stggl also closely parallel a number of mon experienc had by gay youth.

'ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON''ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON'

But the parallels between Enr's story and that of gay youth don't end there. In fact, Enr's tale of empowerment works bt when s young protagonist is terpreted as a gay the exceptn of his sister, Valente, Enr shows no affectn toward femal throughout the book.

‘ENR’S GAME’ BOYTT PLANNED OVER ORSON STT CARD’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS

"And so for me, is so ironic that the wrer of the work that has helped so many [young] people, gay and straight, to fd empowerment, to feel empowered, to fd their own moral pass -- 's very sad that he, himself, is stgglg wh the issu. I thk what would be far more helpful is if dienc knew that the makers of this film, and the film self, holds the polar oppose pot of view to the current thkg of Orson Stt Card on gay issu.

"The qutn of gay marriage is a battle that [Card] lost, " he says.

'ENR'S GAME' ST ANSWER GAY RIGHTS QUTNS

""Regardls of s thor's clearly bigoted pot of view on gay marriage and homosexualy, this book was worth brgg to the screen, " says Hood. The upg film adaptatn of the btsellg novel, Enr's Game has received a lot of attentn, not for fally adaptg the sci-fi classic to a blockbter movie, but stead due to the book's thor, Orson Stt Card, and his vilently anti-gay opns.