Pride was an incredibly inspiring movie that made you believe the world wasn’t all that bad.
The release of the popular English film in 2014, that depicts a LGBTQ group supporting English miners in an unlikely partnership, was met with rave reviews and happiness everywhere. It was powerful, poignant, beautiful.
But the recent transformation this movie has undergone has confirmed that actually the world may need some work. A whole lot of it.
The U.S company responsible for the American release, CBS, have crudely edited all references to homosexuality out of the blurb on the DVD cover.
All. References. For a movie based on the inspiring work of LGBTQ activists.
Here is the edited version of the blurb on the back of the US DVD:
It reads:
“Pride is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984 and much of blue-collar Great Britain is on strike. For one tiny Welsh village, the strike brings unexpected visitors – a group of London-based activists who decide to raise money to support strikers’ families and want to make their donations in person. In this feel-good, heart-warming comedy, two groups seemingly from worlds apart, discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.”
Compare this to the original synopsis:
“PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families.Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.”
Even the “Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners” flag featured in the original image has been digitally removed:
In response to backlash, Pink News reported CBS films said they’re “looking into this now.”
CBS, please look harder.
Top Comments
I laugh at the idea of a right wing conservative thinking "this looks like a good movie" and getting a real shock when they was watch it!
Best thing is with all the publicity about them removing the references to homosexuality will ensure people are more interested in seeing it and will hear about it, when they may not have otherwise...ahhh love kharma!