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Sam Elliott rips gay themes in ‘Power of the Dog,’ calls it a ‘piece of s – – t’

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Entertainment Weekly reported.“You want to talk about that piece of s – – t?” the 77-year-old “Tombstone” star sputtered when asked for his thoughts about the provocative Netflix movie, which is a contender for the Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards.

For the uninitiated, the much-praised “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a closeted gay rancher in 1925 Montana who’s abusive toward his new sister-in-law and her son.

Nonetheless, Elliott took umbrage with the film’s characters, who he analogized to Chippendales dancers “who wear bowties and not much else.”“That’s what all these f – – king cowboys in that movie looked like,” the Oscar nominee ranted. “They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts.

There’s all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the f – – king movie.”At that point, Maron informed Elliott that those themes are “what the movie is about,” whereupon the “Road House” actor doubled down on his remarks. “Where’s the Western in this Western?” Elliott asked. “I mean, Cumberbatch never got out of his f – – king chaps. “He had two pairs of chaps — a woolly pair and a leather pair.

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