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#1 |
Inno Knows.
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GLAAD not a fan of Cena's recent promos.
from their website via PWInsideher.com
WWE Partners with GLAAD on Anti-Bullying Messages World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will be working with GLAAD to create and promote an anti-bullying initiative aimed at their core audience, and has invited us to conduct trainings for their staff of writers and editors. Our outreach to WWE was prompted by outrage from many LGBT viewers, about a series of homophobic taunts by wrestler John Cena on the USA program WWE Raw in late February. We reached out to WWE Incorporated, which responded swiftly and positively. GLAAD was first made aware of the incidents by several of its members following the February 21 broadcast of WWE Raw, which featured wrestler John Cena responding to taunts made by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with a rap song making fun of Johnson’s film roles. The song included lyrics like “You left us high and dry to play a fairy with a tooth?” and “He wore lipstick in Get Shorty, and rocked a skirt for The Game Plan.” But the real kicker came near the end when he said: "Just don’t go racing to Witch Mountain, Rock, cause your mountain is Brokeback." The next incident occurred on the show a week later (Feb. 28), when Cena was challenging another wrestler known as “The Miz” while in the ring with him, and had the crowd roaring when he joked about the Miz and his wrestling partner secretly being a couple. It began with Cena saying “Do you really want to look back years from now and realize you shared your legacy with another man?! ….Wait don’t answer that.” Cena continued: “Now The Miz and Alex Riley are co-champions and to celebrate it they’re going to move in together. They’re going to buy one of those tandem bikes and ride to bed bath and beyond to buy some duvets. And every evening they’re going to relax with a glass of warm piot noir and watch The Notebook, or reruns of last season’s Bachelor. ……….You want to be a mentor and train him? Well, tonight I’m going to train you on how to be a man.” The incidents were particularly troubling because WWE recently began promoting itself as PG-rated entertainment marketed primarily towards adolescent males. Young boys are of course the demographic most likely to experience homophobic bullying or to be bullying themselves. And there was wrestling superstar John Cena performing what amounted to scripted homophobic bullying of other wrestlers on a nationally broadcast show for kids. GLAAD contacted WWE executives and explained the problem after receiving our first reports. They then spoke to John Cena and the show’s writers. We have been assured that not only will such incidents not happen again, WWE intends to reach out to their adolescent audience, with messages aimed making it clear that bullying someone with homophobic taunts or for their perceived sexual orientation is wrong. WWE released the following apology statement to that effect: "WWE takes this issue very seriously, and has already spoken with our talent about these incidents. We are taking steps and working with GLAAD to ensure that our fans know that WWE is against bullying or discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. We strongly value our fans in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and apologize to them for these incidents." We are very much looking forward to developing our relationship with WWE, and we thank them both for hearing our message loud and clear, and for planning to send an anti-bullying message of their own. ------------------- www.thebladejob.com ![]() ![]() |
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#2 |
Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Jesus fucking hell
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#3 |
Wait, what?
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So from now on theyre gonna promote sucking penis in a positive way?
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#4 |
So fucking sexy.
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You think penis sucking is bad?
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#5 |
He's Here
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This is going to be just like the Billy and Chuck angle, and WWE is just going to completely shit on gays on the next RAW.
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#6 |
Waiting for this guy
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#7 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
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Bunch of Nitpicky fags.
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#8 |
Inno Knows.
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Maybe this can force Cena and the writing team to have good material.
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#9 |
OLD SCHOOL FAN
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Those were some pretty awful promos
very junior high type of material |
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#10 |
So fucking sexy.
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I would look forward to a series of Cena promos where every single sentence isn't a dig at homosexuality.
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OLD SCHOOL FAN
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OLD SCHOOL FAN
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Wait, wait wait...Cena knows what a duvet is, and he's calling other people gay?
Shiny mirror, man. Shiny mirror. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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OLD SCHOOL FAN
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#16 |
He's Here
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#17 |
OLD SCHOOL FAN
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So fucking sexy.
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What's awful about constantly belittling your opponents by suggesting they are homosexual and thereby insulting the fabric of their manliness?
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#19 |
He's Here
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His first rap, that did contain the brokeback crack, was great. Other than that he's been above average from himself, but still kind of bad.
You have to remember what demographic they are selling this shit for. Even within the little taste of the Attitude Era, they're still marketing for a young audience, and they enjoy his promos. |
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OLD SCHOOL FAN
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#21 |
I have standards.
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#22 |
Narc stole my star
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#23 |
Hey
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Good glad someone took notice, sad thing is most of the anti-gay jokes were in the best promo he's done in ages.
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#25 |
So fucking sexy.
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He also called him a fairy and a cross dresser. I was thrilled that Cena finally gave us a taste of what made him popular in the first place. But content is just as important as format, and after the initial "he's finally doing something right," sensation, I noticed the only part of that rap that really wowed me was the pinwheel bit. The gay jokes were intended to emasculate, and that really isn't funny. I find it cheap it boring.
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#26 | |
I have standards.
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Quote:
if manliness means not liking cocks up your butt, then carry on. |
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#27 |
So fucking sexy.
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What?
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#28 |
I have standards.
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I seriously find it funny that people are bitching about Cena's promos. At least they are not the same BS about hustle, loyalty, respect, Cenation, and never give up...blah blah blah. His promos may suck, but at least it's not the same old Cena lines that we have been forced to swallow (insert gay joke here) on every Raw since his face turn.
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So fucking sexy.
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Quote:
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#31 |
A Property of Matter
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Well of course these promos aren't funny if you just read them.
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#32 |
One and only
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Lol @ who has posted in this thread. Fags.
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#33 |
Get a poke on
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This sounds worse in print than it played out on television. I'll say that much.
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Samurai Rocker
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Seems like everybody makes a mountain out of a molehill. It's ridiculous. This is America. Freedom of Speech, assholes. If you don't like the promo, don't watch it.
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#35 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
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GLAAD should ignore wrestling. It is the last bastion of un-politically correct entertainment. Does Mark Henry still refer to himself as a silver back?
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#36 |
It's High Noon!
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#37 |
Pelvic Sorcerer
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Oh...damn. But JTG is still a thief right? And Rey Mysterio is still taking a job away from Trevor Murdock right?
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#38 |
Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Why are they only complaining now. Half of Cena's material over the years have been homosexual innuendos.
The Rock made his fair share of homosexual innuendos in his day as well. |
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#39 |
Hey
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RAPTURE READY.
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Rock likes to shove things sideways up guys asses. More like sodomy, so the gays might be down with that
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