In an early scene in "Boat Trip," a man gives his boyfriend a peck on the cheek. Behind me, a young man in the theater said,
"Sick!" I thought: Why would you go to a movie about two straight men who get stuck on a gay cruise if even a simple peck on the cheek between guys grosses you out? Shouldn't you expect that sort of thing in this sort of movie? (I should note that earlier in the movie, when Cuba Gooding Jr. vomited on Vivica A. Fox, the young man behind me had no discernible reaction whatsoever.) But "Boat Trip" was designed for that audience, the adolescent males who titter at the suggestion of homosexuality and who want a chance to point and laugh at the homos. It's also an opportunity to make childish, obvious double-entendres, and to enjoy a film in which virtually every female character is dumb, slutty or horrible. If I didn't know better, I'd think the film was produced entirely by 13-year-old boys. In fact, though, it was written by Mort Nathan and William Bigelow, and directed by Nathan (his debut in that capacity). Nathan was a long-time writer on "The Golden Girls," and the film's choppy set-up/punch line format shows his sitcom roots. (Not that I'm dissing "The Golden Girls.") Bigelow is a USA Network veteran, having written for "Silk Stalkings," "Renegade" and "Pacific Blue." The less said about those programs, the better, I think.
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