Among the many problems with the alleged comedy “
” is a hideously unfunny scene involving predatory gay Greeks and a straight American tourist who is unwittingly wearing a T-shirt that reads “Entry at Rear” in Greek. The sequence is so appalling that one of the film’s stars, Rachel Dratch (at left with star Nia Vardalos), is apologizing to her gay fans. “Totally cringe-worthy!” she
The Advocate. “I was horrified when I saw that. But here’s the inside scoop: I know that Nia fought tooth and nail to get rid of that part. She’s upset about that. I saw it at the Tribeca Film Festival, and that’s the scene I was talking about the next day. I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I’m going to have to warn all my gay friends.’ On the page it was kind of bad, but those predatory slow-motion shots of the guys licking their lips were just horrifying. So I don’t condone that moment.”
