Because this post is in large part a reaction to this Times article (like the real Times in the UK), read this first:

Golden Globe winners spark righteous anger

So first let's talk irresponsible journalism, shall we?

In the article, Chris Ayres makes a direct link between the "leftist" agenda of the current crop of films and the decline in Hollywood box office. Anybody who has had their flip-flop peel off on a sticky megaplex floor, has discovered Netflix, has figured out that it costs $16 to buy a DVD if you get it the week it's released, or just likes their homestyle $1 bag of popcorn more than the $6 movie theatre heart attack knows that this is just not the case. Take a look at this article from the New York Times (Summer Fading, Hollywood Sees Fizzle) and this one on the ABC News site that originally appeared in the Christian Science Monitor (No Happy Ending in 2005 for Hollywood). Movie ticket sales have been on a three to five year decline (depending who you ask and how they're interpreting the increase in ticket costs) and it has nothing to do with queer content.

Mr. Ayres decision to reductively blame this industry wide phenomenon on Brokeback Mountain, Capote, TransAmerica, and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association belies one of two things: 1) he's a lazy hack or 2) he's a loser homophobe. Do you want to ask him which one it is? If so, send a letter asking the Times: letters@thetimes.co.uk.