[Fern435]

Originally Posted by burgerflipper

Read Dave's post again. It's simply market demand. If a majority of people in Omaha have other movies they would rather see before Milk that shouldn’t mean Omaha is unflattering. Brokeback Mountain was very successful in the Omaha market so that tells you it's not a gay thing.

I think you are just hell bent on letting everyone know you are from SF(or somewhere in CA) and you love riding that coattail.

It doesn't make you any more trendy or cultured if you would rather watch Milk over Batman.

Isn't Staci from Cali in fact originally from Michigan? Why does she keep writing this "California, San Francisco, California" drama in the Omaha forum?

Sorry, but I'm a native Californian (4th generation). And I really like Omaha. Please stop judging Omaha based on your unfortunate experience with one cretin. Practice what you preach: Tolerance.

Brokeback Mountain did show in Omaha. We lived in Bellevue at the time. Omaha is not anti-gay. I was friends with 3 gay men there. They were older. And no one made any huge deal about it. That's how things work in Nebraska.

[Stacy From Cali]

Originally Posted by Fern435

Isn't Staci from Cali in fact originally from Michigan? Why does she keep writing this "California, San Francisco, California" drama in the Omaha forum?

Sorry, but I'm a native Californian (4th generation). And I really like Omaha. Please stop judging Omaha based on your unfortunate experience with one cretin. Practice what you preach: Tolerance.

Brokeback Mountain did show in Omaha. We lived in Bellevue at the time. Omaha is not anti-gay. I was friends with 3 gay men there. They were older. And no one made any huge deal about it. That's how things work in Nebraska.

Well if we're going to throw around our credentials...I'm a native Californian too (5th generation San Francisco) partly raised in Michigan, but lived on the west coast for the last 15 years. I don't think that everyone in Omaha is anti-gay, but previous threads on city data have established that some folks here are not comfortible with gayness. Obviously when it comes down to it not everyone in California is comfortible with gayness either. My main anger was directed at the AMC theater for dropping a movie that I really want to see...that I've been waiting to see for a long time....and I believed the guy there when he told me that noplace in Omaha was going to show it.

I'm sorry you see my struggle at assimilation here in Omaha as drama. I moved here because the only option towards stay in the Bay Area was to leave my husband and that didn't seem much of a plan. But honestly when you are used to San Francisco, Omaha takes getting used to. I am glad you like it though...to each their own .

[Fern435]

Stacy--I'm sorry about my mistake. I thought you said you were originally from Michigan.

San Francisco is a fun city. Not usually a stressful atmosphere.

People in Omaha have less need of displaying their tolerance of diversity to an audience for approval. They usually are more low-key. That's OK too.

[Go Ne]

Exactly why most of us don't get involved with these conversations, along with the arguments that subsequently come with.

[prairiestate]

I don't there is any conspiracy here. Check out the movie's official website. Very interesting.

Milk | In Theaters | Focus Features Movies |

Some highlights:

It's now playing in three theaters in Omaha.

It's not showing at all in Tucson.

It's playing in only one theater in the entire Atlanta area (population 5 million plus), yet it's in TWO theaters in Savannah.

It's playing in Colorado Springs, home to several famously conservative Christian organizations.

It's playing in two theaters in Johnson County, Kansas (suburban Kansas City), a famously conservative area, yet it's showing at only one theater in the more urban Missouri side of the metro area.

There are plenty of other small cities that most would consider conservative (Davenport, Dayton, Springfield, Mo., etc.) that have a screening.

Hard to find a pattern here.

[2Adam29]

yay! It's showing in Oldsmar, FL! good thing huge cities like Oldsmar are showing this thing! lol

(god what a terrible name for a city...)

[Bosco55David]

Originally Posted by 2Adam29

yay! It's showing in Oldsmar, FL! good thing huge cities like Oldsmar are showing this thing! lol

(god what a terrible name for a city...)

Oldsmar is a shining example of the suckiness that is known as Tampa Bay.

I can't wait to leave this God forsaken state.

[CrownVic95]

Originally Posted by Stacy From Cali

Well if we're going to throw around our credentials...I'm a native Californian too (5th generation San Francisco) partly raised in Michigan, but lived on the west coast for the last 15 years. I don't think that everyone in Omaha is anti-gay, but previous threads on city data have established that some folks here are not comfortible with gayness. Obviously when it comes down to it not everyone in California is comfortible with gayness either. My main anger was directed at the AMC theater for dropping a movie that I really want to see...that I've been waiting to see for a long time....and I believed the guy there when he told me that noplace in Omaha was going to show it.

I'm sorry you see my struggle at assimilation here in Omaha as drama. I moved here because the only option towards stay in the Bay Area was to leave my husband and that didn't seem much of a plan. But honestly when you are used to San Francisco, Omaha takes getting used to. I am glad you like it though...to each their own .

To each their own is right.

And when you are used to Omaha, San Francisco takes getting used to X10. I lived in Omaha many years ago before I came out here to the Bay Area and I would move back in a second if I could swing it financially.

[Stacy From Cali]

Originally Posted by CrownVic95

To each their own is right.

And when you are used to Omaha, San Francisco takes getting used to X10. I lived in Omaha many years ago before I came out here to the Bay Area and I would move back in a second if I could swing it financially.

LOL! Maybe we could trade?

[Fern435]

Originally Posted by Go Ne

Exactly why most of us don't get involved with these conversations, along with the arguments that subsequently come with.

I understand. Completely.

Some people take advantage of polite, respectful people not speaking up, and they try to push their agenda and stir up drama.

Like here in DC, for example. Oh my.

Omaha doesn't deserve that.