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‘I am sure there are both fascist and Revolutionary Federation supporter, Republican and racist homosexuals’: director

July 14,2017 17:36

“I want to confess my own cowardice, which took place years ago when famous Serbian film entitled “Prada” was to be shown in our theater. I was subject to threats implying as if they would break the windows, etc”, told the artistic director of State Puppet Theatre after Hovhannes Tumanyan, Ruben Babayan, after the display of the film entitled “Listen to Me” on LGBT community.

Let us remind you that the display of this film during “Golden Apricot” international film festival was banned in the days.

“We have a need to listen to each other, to understand each other, that we are not different from each other, people are not different regardless of where they live, what mindset or what sexual orientation they have, what religion they prefer”, said Ruben Babayan. And according to Babayan, “Listen to Me” was not intended for listening, the emphasis was put on the difference among people: “But homophobes speak of the differences exactly and that is their primary weapon – you are different from us, consequently, you should not exist, that is, you are sick, you are perverted, because you are different.”  

Babayan thinks if the film was based on a story of a person for people to see how s/he communicates with his/her friends, goes to work, etc, perhaps it would have a greater influence than this important film lasting 1 hour and 10 minutes which, nevertheless, does not create a dialogue. Babayan brought an example from Serbian “Prada” film, where one of the characters, who was a homophobe, tells LGBT community member: “But we are the same, we are ready for everything for the sake of love” and, as he stated, the film lacked this. “The free thinking of homosexualism lacks. I am sure that both fascist and racist, Revolutionary Federation supporter and Republican homosexuals exist. The difference is not in here”, told Babayan.

 

Nelly BABAYAN

 

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