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Ryan Reynolds Helps Out Utah Cinema in 'Deadpool' Trouble

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While I agree this is bull butter, they'd better find a better defense than, "Deadpool isn’t obscene". LOL That's the whole shtick of the film--obscenity.


SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
Actor Ryan Reynolds is showing his support for a Salt Lake City movie theater cited under a Utah obscenity law for serving drinks during a screening of his movie “Deadpool.”

Reynolds gave $5,000 to a fundraising website set up to help the theater called Brewvies with its legal bills on Sunday. He also tweeted out a story about the situation, writing “Thank god, they’ve found a way to legislate fun.”

A representative for Reynolds, who plays the title character of the foul-mouthed superhero film, confirmed the donation and that the tweet came from the actor.

Brewvies is facing a fine of up to $25,000 fine and could lose its liquor license after undercover officers attended a screening of Marvel’s R-rated antihero film “Deadpool” in February.

The state says playing “Deadpool” while serving booze violates Utah law because the movie includes nudity and simulated sex, including a suggestive scene in the film’s credits involving a cartoon unicorn. The obscenity law is generally used to regulate strip clubs, which are required to have dancers wear G-strings and pasties if the club serves liquor.

It also bans showing any film with sex acts or simulated sex acts, full-frontal nudity or the “caressing” of breasts or buttocks if at businesses with liquor licenses.

Brewvies is fighting the action in court, arguing “Deadpool” isn’t obscene and that Utah is restricting free speech, which is unconstitutional.

The case is slated to come before Utah’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in May.

Brewvies has been open since 1997. Customers must be 21 or older. The theater serves food and liquor. In court documents, Brewvies lawyers said the theater “was coerced and intimidated” by the liquor board in 2011 to paying a $1,627 fine when it was cited under the same law for showing “The Hangover Part II.”

Utah’s law is similar to an Idaho measure that lawmakers repealed this year when a theater sued after its liquor license was threatened for showing “Fifty Shades of Grey” while serving alcohol.

LINK: https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ryan-reynolds-helps-utah-cinema-deadpool-trouble-194644584.html
 
I feel like you sorta know what you're getting into (re: puritanical laws) when you live in Utah.
 
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It's Utah. Not at all surprised.

Dontcha just love it when folks try to forcefully apply a law where it was never intended to apply? Like neighbors in our 'hood' trying to enforce the HOA rule of parking in front of your home. NO OVERNIGHT PARKING!! blah blah blah. The rule was enacted to prevent junkers not commuters. I have teens and can't fit all our cars in the garage/driveway. I digress...I hope this theater kicks their butts!
 
Funny thing is it seems like the laws are the only thing puritanical about Utah. I believe they lead the nation is visits to porn sites per capita.

Well, obviously because they can't go have a brew and watch boobs at places like Brewvies.

I was on business in Utah and wanted to have some drinks. I had to fill out an application, including a $5 processing fee to the government, to become a "member" at a bar just to be able to drink in a public establishment. I learned that any beer that was not local was limited to some weak ABV level. Mixed drinks were limited to 1oz of alcohol and you aren't allowed to order a double.

No double on the weak drinks and movies with boobies are illegal, but multiple wives gets a pass? I don't understand that state.
 
Well, obviously because they can't go have a brew and watch boobs at places like Brewvies.

I was on business in Utah and wanted to have some drinks. I had to fill out an application, including a $5 processing fee to the government, to become a "member" at a bar just to be able to drink in a public establishment. I learned that any beer that was not local was limited to some weak ABV level. Mixed drinks were limited to 1oz of alcohol and you aren't allowed to order a double.

No double on the weak drinks and movies with boobies are illegal, but multiple wives gets a pass? I don't understand that state.

Passing on Utah - It was on my list of placed to snow ski, but they sound screwed up to me.
 
Passing on Utah - It was on my list of placed to snow ski, but they sound screwed up to me.

Utah is a very interesting place. Thy have relaxed the drinking laws in the last 10 years. It isn't like that any more in my experience.

Colorado has snow just as good and also is 3rd in microbreweries per capita (ignoring Montana and VT, it leads in populated states). There are some solid breweries in the ski towns so 1 stop you can get both.
 
When Utah was in my territory I used to go to Brewvies all the time. This is redonkulous. Salt Lake isn't too bad, but Utah is backwords as hell.
 
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