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Will Smith’s ‘homo’ dialogue disappoints gay media watch group

”At approximately 24 minutes into the film, while Jason Bateman’s PR whiz works to rehabilitate the superhero’s tarnished image, he shows Hancock three comic book images in an effort to inspire him. But Hancock rejects the traditional image of costumed superheroes as he responds to each one: ‘Homo. Homo in red. Norwegian homo.”’

From the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation‘s web log about the drunken superhero movie, “Hancock,” that stars actor Will Smith. (GLAAD)

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