Vegetarian and/or animal rights in "Made of Honor"?

Question

Has anyone seen the new movie "Made of Honor" starring Patrick Dempsey? There are several scenes in the movie where the main female character makes comments that promote animal rights/welfare. For example, she tells a store owner that he should be ashamed of himself because he is selling a purse made of "baby alligator". She also is disgusted when she finds out that her fiance has killed all of the animals being served at their rehearsal dinner and sarcastically comments, "oh....i'm so sorry i didn't kill anything for you!". Do you think comments like this in movies and television are going to help animal rights and vegetarianism to become more mainstream? Obviously it's just a silly chick flick, but it's still exposure!

Answer 1

I haven't seen the movie (and I don't intend to), but anything that gets people thinking about the plight of animals is a good thing in my book.  But she's upset her fiance has killed the animals--would she prefer they serve factory-farmed meat?

And I agree with the other poster that "Year of the Dog" is an exception--that just made vegans and AR activists look horrible, and I'm glad it didn't do well.

Answer 2

" As for animals "rights" - animals are incapable of forming or recognizing contracts social, legal, or otherwise in any meaningful sense. They cannot therefore have any "rights" as you are using the term."

harbq- so therefore do you believe babies, children, disabled people, etc. should also not have any rights? by your definitition of who deserves rights i could of taken you when you were a child and tortured you in product testing or anything else that might of suited me... seriously, did you think about what you just said?  since when is the ability to put together a written contract grounds for having rights?  and just so you know all animals, including humans since we are animals too, can put together varying levels of social "contracts".  please open up a biology book before you decide to contribute any further stupidity.

as for the question... i think the exposure is great!  look at legally blonde 2 :P  the more exposure it gets (in a good way i'm talking about) the more people feel better associating themselves with vegetarianism and animal rights... it might inspire someone who hadn't really thought about it before to go home and think about it!

Answer 3

I think any outright intolerance of cruel practices by visible celebrities in the media or arts is good for the cause.  :-)

That said, the film Year Of The Dog makes us vegans look like a bunch of freaks.

Answer 4

I think vegetarianism/veganism is a fringe group, and always will be.  As for animals "rights" - animals are incapable of forming or recognizing contracts social, legal, or otherwise in any meaningful sense.  They cannot therefore have any "rights" as you are using the term.

I find it highly amusing that you base your question on observations of a "silly chick flick" and don't see any irony here whatsoever.

Edit:  "Silly Chick Flick" as watched by a...?  Oh, never mind.  Go back to sleep.