Comments on: State of Utah should end ‘complex relationship’ with Sundance

By: Sundance Films, Utah, and Porn : Catholic Stand

Sundance Films, Utah, and Porn : Catholic Stand — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:28:51 +0000

[...] a kerfuffle going on in Utah. It seems that an intolerant guy named Derek Monson suggested in an article that the State of Utah should end its financial support of the Sundance Film Festival. For what [...]

By: Separation between art and state

Separation between art and state — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:48:53 +0000

[...] an effort to stop state support for the Sundance Film Festival. On the organization’s blog Derek Monson writes: Given the amount of sexual promiscuity that Sundance Film Festival regularly brings to Utah, it [...]

By: Trentflix

Trentflix — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:48:00 +0000

I just saw Lovelace and it is an amazing picture about getting out of marital abuse, it doesn’t glamorize the pornography industry at all and there is very little sexual content within. So congratulations, you are protesting one the most stirring indictments of spousal abuse. I hope you realize what harm you are doing behind the guise of ‘upholding family values’.

By: A.P.

A.P. — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:59:00 +0000

There’s an LDS church in Park City that allows its parking lot to be used for overflow parking during the festival, free of charge. So, by this line of logic, the LDS church is aiding and promoting pornography, sexual promiscuity, and altogether immorality.

By: A.P.

A.P. — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:53:00 +0000

Watched ‘Lovelace’ today at the festival. If any research would’ve gone into this article you would’ve known that she only made one movie and was forced into doing it by an abusive husband.

Her final words in the movie are gleaned from an interview she did on “Donahue” where after getting out of her abusive marriage and getting remarried she said: “I’m a mother and a wife. That’s where I found my joy.”

But just keep reading synopses and making knee-jerk judgements.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:08:00 +0000

The reality is, dude, you’re just an uptight dbag who only represents your repressed world view. I certainly hope the faction of Utah citizens you propose to represent dwindles quickly away into oblivion.

By: Sundance Films, Utah, and Porn | The Blog of Edmund Mitchell

Sundance Films, Utah, and Porn | The Blog of Edmund Mitchell — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:16:11 +0000

By: Sundance Subsidy Stirs Conservative Pushback

Sundance Subsidy Stirs Conservative Pushback — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:29:56 +0000

[...] debate began with a blog post on a Sutherland Institute’s website. Writer Derek Monson called on Utah to finish a [...]

By: Sundance Subsidy Stirs Conservative Pushback | Metro Saint Louis

Sundance Subsidy Stirs Conservative Pushback | Metro Saint Louis — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:49:38 +0000

[...] controversy began with a blog post on the Sutherland Institute’s [...]

By: Stars Defend Sex in Sundance Films

Stars Defend Sex in Sundance Films — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:21:56 +0000

[...] competing to remove their virginity?” Derek Monson, executive of open process for Sutherland, wrote in a blog post. “Many Utahans’ values would lead them to call this ‘obscenity’ or [...]