Maybe the Hollywood Foreign Press Association doesn’t care for Milk because they all know that it’s just another boring biopic that fudges the facts, and has made-up characters that are combinations of three real ones because the film company can’t budget enough to show all of a person’s life (I’m looking at you, Ray). Or maybe they’re tired of gay movies that are so earnest, but can’t really show any gay sex, or gay men enjoying sex (I’m looking at you, Brokeback Mountain!) Maybe that’s why they want The Dark Knight to win, like everybody else in the world.

I happen to be friends with someone in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. And I can tell you that they’re a fairly conservative bunch, and somewhat on the rigid side. Not all of them, mind you. But none of them are spring chickens, most or all of them are over 65, their outlook is fairly staid, most of them are white, and their idea of what is new and hip seemed to end somewhere in the ‘60’s, maybe even the ‘50’s…

The organization desperately needs an injection of youthful people in it, although they’re don’t seem to be any entrants. I don’t know if their lack of support for the film…apart from their nomination of Sean Penn…indicates some sort of bias against gays. I wouldn’t think so, necessarily. They’ve ALL been around Hollywood social circles long enough to have encountered a gay person at some point.

I’m just guessing that the subject matter of the film is a bit out of their league, and beyond their comfort zone.