Tuesday, 6 April, 2004

About 5 years ago I had the following idea for a premise for a movie.
Please let me know if the movie already exists.  If you decide to
write a screenplay and/or make a movie based on this premise, I ask
only that you let me know if you heard it from me first.

Remake of the classic film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."  A supposedly
liberal couple finds out the hard way that their daughter is bisexual,
when she brings home her new fiancee for dinner.

[I should clarify that what I am talking about is NOT a film about coming
out.  It is not even a film in which the young bisexual is the main
character.  It is rather a film in which the main characters are the
parents.  The young bisexual has no "coming out" experience because her
parents' training has caused her self-image to transition from straight
to bisexual without blinking.  Note, in particular, that I said "bisexual"
and not "lesbian"; this is critical for the premise.  It is rather less
plausible that such parents would not already know long beforehand about
the sexual orientation of a strictly lesbian daughter.]

Update added Dec 2004: Apparently there is a remake currently being shot,
starring Ashton Kutcher, Bernie Mac and Zoe Saldana.  However, the theme
is still race and not sexual orientation.