11-04-2003, 03:56 PM
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Huggles, sir?
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Another interesting article about this:
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With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Tuesday Nov. 4, 2003; 10:17 a.m. EST
CBS Nixed 'Reagans' Following Letter from Rock Hudson's Ex-Lover
CBS's decision to pull the plug on its mini-series "The Reagans" came on the heels of a letter to the network from Rock Hudson's ex-lover, who complained that the film's portrayal of the 40th president as a virulent homophobe was provably false.
"The notion that President Reagan was a homophobe strikes me as silly beyond belief," wrote Marc Christian, in a letter to CBS entertainment chief Les Moonves made public Tuesday by her friend, conservative commentator Tammy Bruce.
"Not only did he have several gay men on his staff when he was Governor of California," said Christian, "he called my lover, Rock Hudson when he was on his deathbed just weeks before he died of AIDS and wished him well and voiced his and Nancy's concern and prayers."
As Bruce reported in her FrontPageMagazine.com column, Christian's letter continued:
" . . . The Reagans had known Rock for years and knew he was gay [as did most in Hollywood]. The point is Reagan could have ignored Rock's illness and didn't. He could have just issued a public statement concerning his 'official sorrow' but made a personal phone call instead."
Hudson's partner slammed the Tiffany network for having become "the official arm of the Democrat party," adding, "I bet President Reagan's phone call to Rock Hudson isn't in the screenplay or should I say smearplay, is it?"
Instead of portraying President Reagan as compassionate towards AIDS sufferers, the CBS biopic had him condemning them to death, with the Reagan character saying at one point, "Those that live in sin shall die in sin." Reagan insiders say they never heard him voice anything like that harsh sentiment.
Wrote Bruce, "This note from Marc to Moonves is important for several reasons, mostly for the injection of the truth into a world ruled by vacant, malevolent leftists."
"Marc's letter, and the e-mails, letters and calls all of you made to CBS to register your protest and to support a great and decent man and his wife, obviously do make a difference," she concluded.
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