'Duck Dynasty' backlash spotlights an uneasy reality in TV industry
The debate over remarks by the star of A&E's most popular show illustrate the tricky business of reality TV amid America's cultural rifts.
By Scott Collins, LA Times5:00 AM PST, December 20, 2013
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And now it's become the latest battleground in America's culture wars.
Phil Robertson, the show's 67-year-old patriarch, was suspended from the series this week after he referred to gay people as "homosexual offenders" in a national magazine interview. His comments to GQ magazine also seemed to question the need for federal entitlement programs.
Once again, TV finds itself in another cultural hot zone. The "Duck Dynasty" situation recalls last summer's uproar over celebrity chef Paula Deen, who lost her Food Network gig and many sponsorship deals after she admitted she had "of course" used a racial epithet in the past.
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I've never watched the show but in reading about the 'outrage,' it appears that those who say they are for diversity should rephrase their intent; conformity. It's the old "Think like me and I'll let you be" crowd at work again.
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