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| | '''Adam Sandler''' is a [[Jew]]ish actor and singer-songwriter famous for his [[comedy|comic]] [[film|movie]] roles and songs. Prior to his rise to stardom, he was a regular on [[Saturday Night Live]]. One of his most famous songs is the Chanukah Song. | | '''Adam Sandler''' is a [[Jew]]ish actor and singer-songwriter famous for his [[comedy|comic]] [[film|movie]] roles and songs. Prior to his rise to stardom, he was a regular on [[Saturday Night Live]]. One of his most famous songs is the Chanukah Song. |
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| | + | ==Politics== |
| | Adam Sandler is a registered [[Republican]]. In 2007 he donated $2100 to [[Rudy Giuliani]]'s presidential campaign. <ref>http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Adam_Sandler.php</ref> | | Adam Sandler is a registered [[Republican]]. In 2007 he donated $2100 to [[Rudy Giuliani]]'s presidential campaign. <ref>http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Adam_Sandler.php</ref> |
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| | Unfortunately, Sandler has championed liberal causes such as [[gay marriage]]<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-28-sandler_N.htm</ref> and has publicly stated that he did not dislike kissing [[Kevin James]] in the film [[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]].<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-28-sandler_N.htm</ref> | | Unfortunately, Sandler has championed liberal causes such as [[gay marriage]]<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-28-sandler_N.htm</ref> and has publicly stated that he did not dislike kissing [[Kevin James]] in the film [[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]].<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-28-sandler_N.htm</ref> |
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| | + | ==Film themes== |
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| | Further, the majority of films that Sandler has co-written celebrate liberal themes such as [[alcohol]]ism and premarital sex, and are targeted at [[liberal]] college students. Popular bookseller [[Amazon.com]] describes his films ''[[Billy Madison]]'' and ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' as ranking among the "Best Movies for Lazy, Beer Drinking College Students."<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Best-Movies-Drinking-College-Students/lm/B7LEQU4I4B34</ref> | | Further, the majority of films that Sandler has co-written celebrate liberal themes such as [[alcohol]]ism and premarital sex, and are targeted at [[liberal]] college students. Popular bookseller [[Amazon.com]] describes his films ''[[Billy Madison]]'' and ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' as ranking among the "Best Movies for Lazy, Beer Drinking College Students."<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Best-Movies-Drinking-College-Students/lm/B7LEQU4I4B34</ref> |
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| | + | [[Roger Ebert]] wrote: |
| | + | :The Sandler characters are almost oppressively nice, like needy puppies, and yet they conceal a masked hostility to society, a [[passive-aggressive]] need to go against the flow, a gift for offending others while in the very process of being ingratiating. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021018/REVIEWS/210180308/1023] |
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| | Christian press critics have described Sandler film ''[[The Longest Yard]]'' as containing "some 150 obscenities, countless sexual references (mostly homosexual) and two pornographic videos (one heterosexual, one homosexual)... it's obviously a sex comedy—and mostly a gay sex comedy" and as "the most foul, violent and perverted PG-13 film... ever."<ref>http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2005/juneweb-only/050602.html</ref> Further, in his recent film ''[[You Don't Mess With the Zohan]]'', Sandler depicts [[Israel]]is and [[Palestine|Palestinians]] as "the same."<ref>http://www.cinematical.com/2008/06/03/fan-rant-adam-sandler-republican-actor/</ref> | | Christian press critics have described Sandler film ''[[The Longest Yard]]'' as containing "some 150 obscenities, countless sexual references (mostly homosexual) and two pornographic videos (one heterosexual, one homosexual)... it's obviously a sex comedy—and mostly a gay sex comedy" and as "the most foul, violent and perverted PG-13 film... ever."<ref>http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2005/juneweb-only/050602.html</ref> Further, in his recent film ''[[You Don't Mess With the Zohan]]'', Sandler depicts [[Israel]]is and [[Palestine|Palestinians]] as "the same."<ref>http://www.cinematical.com/2008/06/03/fan-rant-adam-sandler-republican-actor/</ref> |